Despicable ‘other’ and innocent ‘us’: emotion politics in the time of the pandemic

Abstract This study investigates the emotional management strategies employed by the Chinese maintream media Huanqiu Shibao (HQSB), through the use of nationalistic rhetoric during the Covid-19 pandemic. By conducting a discourse analysis of the coverage of Covid-19 on HQSB’s WeChat account, this re...

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Main Authors: Chang Zhang, Zi Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2023-07-01
Series:Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-01925-2