Essays about: "Representations of Chinese people"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Representations of Chinese people.

1. 1. “We Are Together” : cultural trauma and discourse of collectivism in Chinese video representation of the COVID-19 epidemic

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

   Author : Shujing Zheng; [2021]
   Keywords : risk society; ontological insecurity; cultural trauma; collectivism; COVID-19; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis has two aims. One is to situate COVID-19 in a macro narrative that characterizes our time as a risk society or reflexive modernization. The other is to bring public health emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic into the sharp focus of cultural trauma study which is closely related to media representations. READ MORE

3. 2. How Chinese - English Bilinguals Think About Time : The Effects of Language on Space-Time Mappings

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskning

   Author : Qiu Jun Zhang; [2020]
   Keywords : Linguistic relativity; Chinese - English bilinguals; mental representations of time; spatial-temporal metaphors; language experience;

   Abstract : The last decades have witnessed the resurgence of research on linguistic relativity, which provides empirical evidence of possible language effects on thought across various perceptual domains. This study investigated the linguistic relativity hypothesis in the abstract domain of time by looking at how L1 Chinese - L2 English bilinguals conceptualize time in two-dimensional space. READ MORE

4. 3. Representations of China on YouTube: A Visual Semiotic Analysis of Organic Placemaking Videos

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap

   Author : Marcus Gerber; [2019]
   Keywords : China; Visual Semiotics; Multimodality; Placemaking; Tourism Studies; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Understanding how China is represented on international social media, such as YouTube, is potentially important for the success of China as a tourist destination. However, a study of how China is represented on YouTube by independent users has not been done. READ MORE

5. 4. The Discourse Analysis of Haze Issue in China : Critical Discourse Analysis about Constructions of People Daily and Analysis of Audiences Interaction in Terms of Haze Issue

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

   Author : Shuang Huang; [2017]
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   Abstract : The study analyzes media representation on social media of environmental issues in China and audience attitudes toward this. The study concretes upon People Daily’s discourse of Chinese haze problems on the Chinese Twitter-- Weibo. Quantitative method and critical discourse analysis are the research methods of the study. READ MORE

6. 5. Perspectives on the Occupy Central Demonstrations in Hong Kong : A Critical Discourse Analysis on English-language Press in Hong Kong S.A.R, Taiwan and China

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskning

   Author : Natalie Choi; [2016]
   Keywords : critical discourse analysis; appraisal theory; media analysis; English-language newspaper; hegemony; sovereignty; democracy; Occupy Central; politics; multilingualism;

   Abstract : This paper is concerned with media perceptions and how these manifest as hegemonic practices. Exploring the theme ‘language and politics’, against the backdrop of the Occupy Central with Love and Peace (OCLP) demonstrations in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), this paper sheds light on the discursive constructions of media representations in three ‘Chinese’[1] regions as well as on how such representations constitute vested interests. READ MORE