Chinese news discourse : : from perspectives of communication, linguistics and pedagogy / / edited by Nancy Xiuzhi Liu, Candace Veecock, Shixin Ivy Zhang.

• Superior document: Routledge Studies in Chinese Discourse Analysis Ser.
• TeilnehmendeR: Liu, Nancy; Veecock, Candace,; Zhang, Shixin Ivy, 1970-
• Place / Publishing House: London ;, New York, New York : : Routledge,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Routledge Studies in Chinese Discourse Analysis Ser.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (203 pages)

Table of Contents

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Four Perspectives to Study News Discourse -- The Sociological Perspective -- The Constructivist Perspective: CDA -- The Sociolinguistic Perspective -- The Interactive Perspective -- News Discourse in China -- About this volume -- References -- Part I Generating News in China -- 1 Sustaining State Legitimacy in the Punch of Political Scandals: A Case Study of Local Newspapers in China -- Introduction -- News Media Control, Censorship and State Legitimacy -- Safeguarding Sate Legitimacy and Maintaining the Image of Local Governments -- Methods and Data -- Local News Organizations Under Both Local and central Government Control -- Before the Dismissal -- After the Dismissal -- Further Discussion and Conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- References -- 2 Public Diplomacy Strategies Represented Domestically Through Ports Along the Twenty-First Century Maritime Silk Road: ... -- Introduction -- Public Diplomacy in Present China and Xi Thought -- Xi Thought Represented at the Macro Level -- Meso-level Analysis of Ningbo Zhoushan Port -- Meso-level Analysis -- Constructing Corporate Identity -- Establishing Company's Credentials -- Demonstrating Readiness for Service Provision -- Micro Level Analysis On the General Public -- Discussion and Conclusion -- Note -- References -- 3 A Survey of Chinese Photojournalists: Identities, Work Conditions and attitudes in the Digital Age -- Introduction -- Previous Studies On Photojournalists -- Journalistic Field, Capital and Habitus -- Methods -- Survey Results -- Demographics -- Working Conditions -- Attitudes -- Discussion -- Demographics/gender -- Working Conditions -- Perceptions/attitudes -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Part II Chinese News Discourse.

4 Recontextualizing Political Metaphor in News Discourse: A Case Study of the Chinese President's Metaphors in English Reports -- Introduction -- (Re)contextualization of Political Metaphor in News and Translation -- Recontextualizing Political Metaphor: An Analytical Model -- Recontextualizing the Chinese President's Metaphor -- Data -- Analysis -- Presence: Transformation and Representation of Metaphor -- Abstraction: Quotation of Metaphor -- Addition: Reporting Verbs and Authorial Voices -- Arrangement: Sequence of News Events and Allocation of the Metaphor -- President Salutes Nepal, Warns Separatists (China Daily, 14 October 2019) -- Hong Kong Leader, Carrie Lam, Gets Jeered, Tainting Annual address (NYT, 16 October 2019) -- Discussion: Findings and Implications -- Findings -- Presence of Metaphor With Literal Translation: Distorting Images -- Abstraction of Metaphor in Direct Quotation: Misrepresenting Intentions -- Addition of Reporting Verbs and Authorial Evaluations: repositioning Readers -- Arrangement of News Events to Frame Metaphor: Constructing "Realities" -- Possible Factors for the Variation in Recontextualization -- Linguistic Difference: Connotation and Images -- Social Differences -- Ideological Differences -- Implications -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- Note -- References -- 5 What Newspapers and People say About #China70: News Discourse and Framing Through Social Media -- Introduction -- Encounters With and Representation of China Across History -- Recent Portrayals of the New China and News Framing -- Data Collection for News Discourse Comparison -- Looking Through Prism: One China and Its Many Faces -- Repeating Themes, Different Frames -- Conflict Frame and China Threat: Your Glory, My Threat -- Twitter: a Neglected Conflict Zone -- Looking Into the Future: a More Complex and Transforming China? -- Note -- References.

6 China Daily Infographics: Metaphor, Multimodality and the multi-Layering of News Discourse -- Introduction -- Background -- Overview of Infographics - Types and Functions -- Visual and Multimodal Metaphors -- Data Collection, Methodology and Analysis -- Multimodal Metaphor -- Discussion and Implications -- Future Research Directions -- Conclusion -- Icon Attributions -- References -- Part III News Translation Pedagogy -- 7 News Translation Strategies Adopted by Novice and Expert Translators: Implications for Translation Pedagogy -- Introduction -- Research Questions -- Participants -- Data Collection and Analysis -- Different Translation Strategies Between Novice and Expert News Translator -- Perceptions of Translating Vocabularies -- Perceptions of Translating Sentences and Paragraphs -- Perceptions of the Translation Quality -- Individual Differences in Translating Business News -- The Relationship Between Prior Learning/work Experience and Translation Strategy Choice -- The Role of Subject Area Knowledge in the Translating Process -- The Impact of Practical Translation Experience On the choices of Translation Strategy -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Appendix 7.1 -- Appendix 7.2 -- References -- 8 A Social Constructivist Approach to Acquiring International News Translation Norms in China: Empowering Students in a ... -- Introduction -- International News Translation Norms in China -- The Social-Constructivist Approach -- The Key Principles -- A Socio-Constructivist Class Design and Procedures -- Methodology -- Action Research -- The Teacher-researcher, Students and the Course -- Data Collection -- Planning and Implementing the Classroom Teaching of news Translation Norms -- Planning the Action Research -- Implementing the Action Research -- Findings.

Empowerment Through Situated Learning With Multiple realities and Multiple Perspectives -- Empowerment Through Genuine Collaborative Learning -- Empowerment Through Seeking Viability -- Empowerment Through Scaffolding -- Reflections and Implications -- References -- 9 Developing Translation Competence: A Curricular Study of Teaching of News Translation -- Introduction -- Background -- Translation Competence -- Teaching News Translation -- Curriculum Design -- Methodology -- Research Questions -- Research Design -- Research Subjects -- Data Collection and Analysis -- Results and Comparison -- Comparison in Learning Objectives -- Comparison in Teaching and Learning Activities -- Course A: Teaching and Learning Activities -- Course B: Teaching and Learning Activities -- Comparison in Assessment -- Discussion and Implications -- An Integrated Competence Model for a Qualified News Translator -- Possible Explanations for Differences in Curriculum Design -- Sociocultural Background -- Institutional Context -- Trainers' Perspectives -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.