Media in China: Constructing National Resistance in Natural Disaster Representations

This book examines how media can be used in facilitating crisis control following natural disasters.\n\nSet in the context of the contemporary Chinese nationalistic culture this book dissects how Chinese media enhances disaster relief by constructing the meaning of it. It takes a historical overview of the negotiations between discursive power and media coverage of natural disasters in Chinese media. It then conducts a case study of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake to analyze how Chinese media enhance crisis control in engaging with contemporary Chinese nationalism. In examining the mediated disaster relief closely relevant to this study within a global context this book briefly analyzes the Australian media�s representation of the 2013 Tasmanian Bushfire. In a penetrating investigation of the research question a systematic theoretic framework is structured consisting of the theories of representation, discourse and power, cultural identity, media framing and narratives. Additional ISBNs 9783034323697, 9783034323666, 3034323697, 3034323662Media in China: Constructing National Resistance in Natural Disaster Representations 1st Edition is written by Weimin Zhang and published by Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften. ISBNs for Media in China: Constructing National Resistance in Natural Disaster Representations are 9783034323673, 3034323670 and the print ISBNs are 9783034323697, 3034323697. Additional ISBNs include 3034323697, 3034323662, 9783034323697, 9783034323666.