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<p>National image is an important symbol of national cultural soft power. Adhering to ideas and methods of mathematical statistics, this paper focuses on the construction of China’s image in German media from the perspective of epidemic prevention and control. Taking Deutschlandfunk as the retrieval object, texts are analyzed by AntConc corpus analysis toolkit to construct China’s image and German media attitude tendency under the background. The study found that, the German media exoticised and politicised the event through a series of discursive devices, constructing a biased image of China, although giving positive comments on China’s anti-epidemic measures and foreign aid.</p>
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National image is an important symbol of national cultural soft power. Adhering to ideas and methods of mathematical statistics, this paper focuses on the construction of China’s image in German media from the perspective of epidemic prevention and control. Taking Deutschlandfunk as the retrieval object, texts are analyzed by AntConc corpus analysis toolkit to construct China’s image and German media attitude tendency under the background. The study found that, the German media exoticised and politicised the event through a series of discursive devices, constructing a biased image of China, although giving positive comments on China’s anti-epidemic measures and foreign aid.

China’s Image in German Media in Major Epidemic Prevention and Control Based on Mathematical Statistics

Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences

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National image is an important symbol of national cultural soft power. Adhering to ideas and methods of mathematical statistics, this paper focuses on the...

China’s Image in German Media in Major Epidemic Prevention and Control Based on Mathematical Statistics

Published Online: Sep 25, 2023

Page range: 3229 - 3240

Received: Jul 28, 2023

Accepted: Aug 24, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amns.2023.2.01126

Keywords
Image of China, mathematical statistics, Deutschlandfunk, Discourse analysis, Epidemic prevention and control

© 2023 Liu Jingjing et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

China’s Image in German Media in Major Epidemic Prevention and Control Based on Mathematical Statistics

Published Online: Sep 25, 2023

Page range: 3229 - 3240

Received: Jul 28, 2023

Accepted: Aug 24, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amns.2023.2.01126

KeywordsImage of China, mathematical statistics, Deutschlandfunk, Discourse analysis, Epidemic prevention and control

© 2023 Liu Jingjing et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Image of China, mathematical statistics, Deutschlandfunk, Discourse analysis, Epidemic prevention and control