A study on the discourse construction of American mainstream media's"Belt and Road"reports
The Belt and Road Initiative has gone through a decade of history and made outstanding achievements,winning new opportunities for the development of many countries.As the United States pays more attention to the initiative,the a-nalysis of relevant reports by the mainstream media in the United States can reflect the attitude of the United States to-wards the initiative,so that China can take effective countermeasures.Using text mining method,this paper selects the reports related to the initiative in The New York Times and The Washington Post,the two mainstream media in the United States,and examines their discourse construction mode from the dimensions of themes,subject construction,collocations and concordancer.It is found that in past ten years,two medias reported on the initiative with various themes,including contents of"Belt and Road Initiative"and Chinese influence.The focus of the three stages is also different:highlighting the cooperation between China and Asian countries in the early stage;focusing on Chinese influence in the middle stage,and exploring topics such as new cold war recently.At the same time,two medias constructed the image of"China"and"Belt and Road"by outlining topics such as infrastructure construction and investment,major country relations and Sino-American Trade.Meanwhile,their understanding to the initiative shifted from neutral attitude in the early stage into nega-tive attitude recently.Based on this,on the one hand,a flareback of bad publicity is key to respond to American public opinion.On the other hand,facts speak louder than words.Adhering to the initiative is the essence of long-term develop-ment.It is necessary to show the responsibilities of China,to attract more countries to participate in the initiative,to pro-mote win-win cooperation among countries,and to promote mutual learning.
Belt and Road InitiativeChinese imageAmerican mainstream mediatext mining
国家科技期刊平台
NSTL
万方数据
