The discursive reproduction of ideologies and national identities in the Chinese and Japanese English-language press
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AbstractUsing critical discourse analysis this study analyzes how ideologies and national identities are discursively constructed through editorial and opinion commentaries in two English-language newspapers from China and Japan on an international incident involving the two countries. The first four editorials/opinions on the East China Sea trawler collision incident from the China Daily and Daily Yomiuri are analyzed. Findings show that a variety of discursive strategies are adopted by the newspapers to construct national identity and intergroup relations, including: 1) the discursive categorization of group identity, 2) the discursive re-categorization of intergroup relations, and 3) the discursive re-categorization of intragroup relations. Even though both newspapers are products of globalization, and purport to target international and cosmopolitan audiences, the reporting of the East China Sea incident closely adheres to official narratives and discourses of the respective governments.
All Author(s) ListChan M
Journal nameDiscourse and Communication
Year2012
Month11
Day1
Volume Number6
Issue Number4
PublisherSAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Pages361 - 378
ISSN1750-4813
LanguagesEnglish-United Kingdom
KeywordsChina; critical discourse analysis; editorials; globalization; ideology; intergroup communication; Japan; national identity; newspapers; opinions
Web of Science Subject CategoriesCommunication; COMMUNICATION
