Discourse Analysis of Western Mainstream Media's China-Related Reports from a Discourse-Historical Analysis Perspective: A Case Study Based on Cross-cultural International Communication English Course (2022) Edited by Liu Moxiao and Rao Qiaoying

Abstract: Public English courses in mainland Chinese universities have evolved from static cross-cultural comparison (cross-cultural communication) to face-to-face intercultural communication, and now focus on international communication. This study uses eight unabridged original news reports reflecting Western mainstream media's ideological perspectives on China from Cross-cultural International Communication English Course published by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press in 2022 as corpus. By combining Van Djijk's ideological theory and Ruth Wodak's discourse-historical analysis method, this research conducts secondary qualitative analysis on the linguistic level, complementing the textbook's focus on communication theory concepts. Through close reading of how Western major media construct China's national image through discourse strategies such as nomination, predication, argumentation, perspectivization, and intensification/mitigation strategies, this study aims to cultivate contemporary college students' critical reading ability of news texts, understand Western news discourse production mechanisms, identify implicit biases and ideologies, and reflect on how we should use Western theories to argue China's position. Keywords: Historical discourse analysis, cross-cultural international communication course, Western media, national image, discourse construction. Title: Discourse Analysis of Western Mainstream Media's China-Related Reports from a Discourse-Historical Analysis Perspective: A Case Study Based on Cross-cultural International Communication English Course (2022) Edited by Liu Moxiao and Rao Qiaoying Author: Guan Jingying, Zhang Zhiqiang International Journal of Recent Research in Interdisciplinary Sciences (IJRRIS) ISSN 2350-1049 Vol. 11, Issue 4, October 2024 - December 2024 Page No: 47-56 Paper Publications Website: www.paperpublications.org Published Date: 28-December-2024 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14565643 Paper Download Link (Source) https://www.paperpublications.org/upload/book/Discourse%20Analysis%20of%20Western-28122024-5.pdf