Study on China's National Image in International and Chinese Media: An Ecological Discourse Analysis Approach

He Gu

doi:10.54097/62ym5132

Authors

He Gu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54097/62ym5132

Keywords:

Systemic Functional Linguistics, China's image, Ecologization and Objectivity Analysis Framework.

Abstract

Based on the eco-philosophical concept of "pluralism, harmony, interaction and symbiosis" and the theoretical foundation of systemic functional linguistics, this paper conducts a comparative analysis of the ecological image of China and the characteristics of the process of objectification constructed in the news discourse of both Chinese and foreign media under the framework of the analysis of the process of ecologicalization and objectification of China's image. The study finds that both Chinese and foreign media use ecological and material resources to characterize beneficial, neutral and destructive images of China; both Chinese and foreign media focus on the neutral image of China, with a different emphasis on the beneficial and destructive images; on the whole, the proportion of beneficial images constructed by Chinese and British media is higher than that of American media, while the proportion of destructive images constructed by American media is higher than that of Chinese and British media.

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