China’s economic image; Framing theory; The Wall Street Journal
中国经济形象; 框架理论; 《华尔街日报》
Abstract:
In recent years, in the face of China’s strong economic development, the U.S. media has putforward the argument of “China’s Rise Peak Theory”, claiming that China’s rise has already reachedits peak and downplaying China’s development expectations. Based on the framing theory, this paperanalyzes the thematic connotation, content structure and discourse text of the Wall Street Journal’sreports on “China’s Rise to the Top” by means of a three-level framing analysis, and finds that the WSJdepicts China as a dangerous and volatile economic image. It also analyzes the causes of the framingof the report, such as the media’s own position, the national social background and the internationalenvironment.
近年来,面对中国强劲的经济发展,美国媒体高调提出“中国崛起顶峰论”的论点,声称中国崛起已然到达顶峰,唱衰中国发展预期。本文基于框架理论,以三层次框架分析为方法,对《华尔街日报》涉及“中国崛起顶峰论”相关报道的主题内涵、内容结构与话语文本进行研究,发现《华尔街日报》将中国描绘成危险、动荡的经济形象,并从媒体自身、国家与国际层面分析了此报道框架的成因,如媒体自身立场、国家社会背景与国际环境影响等。