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Rise of China or Western Conspiracy? A Fantasy Theme Analysis
Mei Wu1; Wen-bo Zhu2
2017
Source PublicationChina Media Research
Volume13Issue:2Pages:23-36
Abstract

Mo Yan's award of the Nobel Prize in Literature provoked competing voices in the global Chinese media, ranging from official media to online citizen forums, and from Chinese mainland media to overseas Chinese Internet forums. Drawing on Symbolic Convergence Theory (SCT) and Fantasy Theme Analysis (FTA), our study explores to map the metaphorical symbolic landscape of different media responses. Our findings indicate that there were four rhetorical visions shared among media treatments of Mo Yan's award, which were further illustrated alongside five value orientations: nationalism, moralism, pragmatism, liberalism, and orientalism. Our cross-media mapping suggests: a) the dominant rhetorical response of Chinese official media implied a recognition of the Nobel Prize in Literature as the supreme authority in world literature; b) the Chinese official media applied the "Rise of China" as the main message, and the "Fame Follows Merits" as a subsidiary message in constructing its mainstream rhetoric--both of which were ideas sanctioned by nationalism and moralism; c) Chinese netizens in civil online forums and official media shared the same value orientations, but presented two opposite fantasy types; d) the overseas Chinese forums presented "Communist Dictatorship," "Oriental Empire," and criticisms of Orientalism, which were missing in both official and Internet discourses in China.

Language英語English
Document TypeJournal article
CollectionFaculty of Social Sciences
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION
Affiliation1.University of Macau, Macau
2.China International Publishing Group, China
First Author AffilicationUniversity of Macau
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Mei Wu,Wen-bo Zhu. Rise of China or Western Conspiracy? A Fantasy Theme Analysis[J]. China Media Research, 2017, 13(2), 23-36.
APA Mei Wu., & Wen-bo Zhu (2017). Rise of China or Western Conspiracy? A Fantasy Theme Analysis. China Media Research, 13(2), 23-36.
MLA Mei Wu,et al."Rise of China or Western Conspiracy? A Fantasy Theme Analysis".China Media Research 13.2(2017):23-36.
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