English-Language Media Coverage of the Two Olympics Under the Threat of the Pandemic
The paper aims to reveal how the two Olympic Games (the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in July 2021 and the Beijing Winter Olympics in January 2022) were reported, that is, if, how, and why sentiment expressed towards the two hosting countries differs, and the implications. We conducted a study of...
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| description | The paper aims to reveal how the two Olympic Games (the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in July 2021 and the Beijing Winter Olympics in January 2022) were reported, that is, if, how, and why sentiment expressed towards the two hosting countries differs, and the implications. We conducted a study of 108 articles from six English-language news media publications to uncover repeated patterns of representations that may lead readers to form a preferred reading and interpretation of the two nations through the lens of COVID-19 and the shared international experience of sporting competitions. To understand how their representations were formed and worked, we turned to Said's Orientalism and the related notion of “the Other.” We hope the study will contribute not only to a more nuanced understanding of the rising anti-Asian sentiment in the West, but also to the theorisation of the evolving notion of Orientalism, especially during the pandemic period. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-49fbef73ea894a24959a2ceb16c845712024-12-05T12:03:30ZengSAGE PublishingJournal of Current Chinese Affairs1868-10261868-48742024-12-015310.1177/18681026241231305English-Language Media Coverage of the Two Olympics Under the Threat of the PandemicXiaoling Zhang0Gareth Shaw1 Department of Media and Communication, , Suzhou, China , UKThe paper aims to reveal how the two Olympic Games (the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in July 2021 and the Beijing Winter Olympics in January 2022) were reported, that is, if, how, and why sentiment expressed towards the two hosting countries differs, and the implications. We conducted a study of 108 articles from six English-language news media publications to uncover repeated patterns of representations that may lead readers to form a preferred reading and interpretation of the two nations through the lens of COVID-19 and the shared international experience of sporting competitions. To understand how their representations were formed and worked, we turned to Said's Orientalism and the related notion of “the Other.” We hope the study will contribute not only to a more nuanced understanding of the rising anti-Asian sentiment in the West, but also to the theorisation of the evolving notion of Orientalism, especially during the pandemic period.https://doi.org/10.1177/18681026241231305 |
| spellingShingle | Xiaoling Zhang Gareth Shaw English-Language Media Coverage of the Two Olympics Under the Threat of the Pandemic Journal of Current Chinese Affairs |
| title | English-Language Media Coverage of the Two Olympics Under the Threat of the Pandemic |
| title_full | English-Language Media Coverage of the Two Olympics Under the Threat of the Pandemic |
| title_fullStr | English-Language Media Coverage of the Two Olympics Under the Threat of the Pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | English-Language Media Coverage of the Two Olympics Under the Threat of the Pandemic |
| title_short | English-Language Media Coverage of the Two Olympics Under the Threat of the Pandemic |
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| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/18681026241231305 |
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