Ideological clusters before and during COVID-19 in China Daily Cartoons

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Abstract

Since its creation in 1981 and online launch in 1995, China Daily has continued to expand and is currently China’s most comprehensive English-language news outlet, and arguably, anchors China’s 21st-century external communication to the anglophone world. This chapter examines ideological clusters in China Daily cartoons across the years 2019–20 for a comparative analysis of cartoon themes pre and during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study is significant as it contributes to the growing literature on political cartoons under the overarching umbrella of (critical) multimodal discourse analysis. Since cartoons emerging from China and designed for anglophone foreign publics are an understudied area, the present study offers a key contribution to this emerging area.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication China's International Communication and Relationship Building
EditorsXiaoling Zhang, Corey Schultz
PublisherTaylor and Francis
Chapter9
Pages131-149
Number of pages19
Edition1st Edition
ISBN (Electronic)9781003254157
ISBN (Print)9781032183572
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

Publication series

NameCommunicating China: Past, Present and Future

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Social Sciences

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