Discourse, politics and media in contemporary China Cao, Qing editor. Tian, Hailong editor. Chilton, Paul A. (Paul Anthony) editor. text bibliography Electronic books. ne 2014 2014 monographic eng remote 1 online resource This chapter discusses theoretical and methodological issues concerning doing critical discourse analysis in China. The authors believe that China's unique social, cultural and political context justifies an assumption that the Western originated paradigm of critical discourse analysis needs tailoring and appropriating when being applied in China. Starting from this assumption, the chapter discusses four issues relevant to discourse approach to the socio-political transformations in China: a 'wider' angle critical perspective, a research focus on the functionality of discourse, the emergent pu. Discourse, Politics and Media in Contemporary China -- Editorial page -- Editorial page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- 1. Critical discourse analysis and socio-political conditions in China -- 2. Discursive regime in China: A brief genealogy -- 3. Changing political communication: From control to negotiation -- 4. Structure of the book -- Notes -- References -- Disembodied words -- 1. Preface -- 2. Learning from Yan'an -- 3. Jiang Zemin's speeches on intellectuals -- 4. The Mission of the Intellectuals -- 5. "Revitalize China through science and education" -- 6. The style of political language -- 7. The key elements of Jiang's speeches -- 8. The discourse on intellectuals under Jiang Zemin -- 9. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 'Stability overwhelms everything' -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The legitimation of the CCP -- 3. The concept of legitimation -- 4. Analyzing stability -- 4.1 The 1989 'Beijing Spring'15 -- 4.2 The 1999 'Anti-Falun Gong' campaign -- 4.3 The 2005 'Anti-Japan' demonstrations -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- A decade of change in China -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Corpus linguistics and critical discourse analysis -- 2.1 Critical discourse analysis -- 2.2 Corpus linguistics -- 3. A corpus-based discourse analysis of GWRs -- 3.1 Keywords analysis of GWRs -- 3.2 Concordance analysis of the GWRs -- 3.3 Concordance analysis of Wen's GWRs -- 4. Discourse, engine, and social change -- 5. Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- It's a small world after all? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Shanghai World Exposition and the study of discourse -- 3. Constructing discourses at the Shanghai Expo -- 4. Miniature geopolitics -- Shanghai's Expo territory -- 5. Constructing the Chinese nation at the PRC's pavilion -- 6. Challenging the official Chinese narrative. 7. Conclusion: It's a small world after all -- but whose World? -- Notes -- References -- Discourse of journalism and legitimacy in post-reform China -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Discourse and legitimacy -- 3. The once-unquestioned legitimacy of Chinese journalism questioned in the post-reform era -- 4. Discursive formations and re-constructing journalism's legitimacy -- 4.1 Liberalisation discourse in the 1980s -- 4.2 Populist Discourse in the 1990s -- 4.3 Professionalism Discourse in the 21st Century -- 4.4 Self-promotion of journalism's legitimacy discourse -- 5. Further challenges and discursive contests in new media era -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- China's Road to Revival: "Writing" the PRC's struggles for modernization -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The narrative of China's rebirth: Documenting and performing China's "road to revival" -- 3. National humiliation and righteous struggle in Chinese political discourse: documenting the "Opium War" -- 4. Performing the Second Sino-Japanese War -- 5. Struggling forward with the times: crisis discourse for the 21st century -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- China's soft power -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Social change, discourse and soft power -- 3. Changing political identities: The official discourse -- 3.1 Soft power and its objectives -- 3.2 Soft power and the construction of a new political ideology -- 3.3 The problems of China's soft power -- 4. Academic discourse: Culturalism -- 4.1 Soft power as part of an intellectual project -- 4.2 Constructing a depoliticised 'cultural China' -- 4.3 Soft power and the international outlook -- 5. Dynamics of the soft power debate: The mass media -- 5.1 From control to negotiation: The changing media -- 5.2 Soft power: Tensions, contestations and negotiations -- 6. Conclusions -- Notes -- References. Issues of discourse approach to social transformations in China -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A 'wider angle' critical perspective -- 3. Functionality of discourse -- 3.1 An emerging public sphere -- 4. Qualitative research method -- 5. Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Author biography -- Index. edited by Qing Cao, Hailong Tian, Paul Chilton. Includes bibliographical references and index. English. a-cc--- Discourse analysis Political aspects China Communication Political aspects China Communication Social aspects China Social change China 21st century China Social life and customs 21st century Communication Aspect politique Chine Chine Mœurs et coutumes 21e siècle PSYCHOLOGY Social Psychology Communication Political aspects Communication Social aspects Discourse analysis Political aspects Manners and customs Social change China 2000-2099 fast Discourse studies China Communication studies P302.77 .D5665 2014eb OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks) OAPEN Discourse, politics and media in contemporary China (DLC) 2014000548 (OCoLC)868150327 Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture ; v. 54 9789027270368 9027270368 9789027206459 9027206457 1673648 Proquest Ebook Central https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.54 https://www.degruyter.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=9789027270368 N$T 140415 20250729202510.7 in00005653368 eng