Images of E-Sports in Chinese Newspapers
We analyze the reports and comments in newspapers on e-sports using T.A. van Dijk’s news discourse and discuss how Chinese newspapers present the configuration and the construction of e-sports. The method of reporting e-sports follows the viewpoints of cyber games. Such viewpoints regarding e-sports...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2023-07-01
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| Series: | Engineering Proceedings |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4591/38/1/80 |
| Summary: | We analyze the reports and comments in newspapers on e-sports using T.A. van Dijk’s news discourse and discuss how Chinese newspapers present the configuration and the construction of e-sports. The method of reporting e-sports follows the viewpoints of cyber games. Such viewpoints regarding e-sports as cyber games in media-meditated communication are socially accepted. Through the presentation of these viewpoints, a model of the coverage of e-sports is constructed. E-sports have gained government support, and the media constructs an image of e-sports as an information technology industry because of their technological nature. |
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| ISSN: | 2673-4591 |