Multimodal Chinese Discourse
Dezheng (William) Feng, "Multimodal Chinese Discourse "
English | ISBN: 036767291X | 2023 | 244 pages | PDF | 20 MB
English | ISBN: 036767291X | 2023 | 244 pages | PDF | 20 MB
This book helps readers to understand communication and society in contemporary China through systematic analysis of multimodal discourse at the national, institutional, and individual levels. China has undergone profound changes during the past decade or so. Politically, the Chinese government has been more proactive in domestic governance and foreign policies, as manifested in the Chinese Dream campaign and the national image publicity films respectively. Hand-in-hand with the socio-political change is the rapid development of new media, which has been changing how corporates do business, how institutions brand their images, as well as how individuals construct their identities and social relations. These developments have brought about significant changes to the discursive practices at the national, institutional, and individual level, characterized by the extensive use of multimodal resources and distinct promotional purposes.
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