Status and enhancement strategies of ideological discourse power in China's English social science journals
[Purposes]This paper aims to explore the connotation and definition of ideological discourse power in English social science journals,analyze the status of ideological discourse power development in English social science journals in China,in order to provide a theoretical basis for academic journals to play a leading role and fortify the socialist ideology.[Methods]Based on the publishing models,CN acquisition,paper sources,themes and contents,cited frequency,and media channels of 14 English social science journals in China indexed in JCR,we examined the subjects,contents,and effects of ideological discourse.Particularly,quantitative analysis is conducted on the coverage of the studies on China's English social science journals,to dissect the current issues of ideological discourse power in this type of journal.[Findings]Regarding discourse subjects,there are problems in the external dependency and"management vacuum"that need to be addressed;concerning discourse content,the evaluation criteria and tools need further development;for discourse effects,dissemination,and media channels need to be enriched.[Conclusions]To enhance the ideological discourse power of the English social science journals in China,efforts should be made to coordinate CN management,develop management systems,establish evaluation criteria,build independent platforms,and encourage diverse dissemination.
English social science journalIdeological discourse powerDiscourse subjectDiscourse contentDiscourse effect
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