A Genre Analysis of Chinese Celebrities’ Apologies on Sina Weibo
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.220306.016How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Component; Apologies; Genre analysis; Sina Weibo
- Abstract
Nowadays many celebrities from different circles join in Sina Weibo, the most popular self-media platform in China. Based on genre theories of Bhatia and Swales and considering the unique social context, the study has analyzed 3 pieces of apologies from Sina Weibo. This research is a new attempt to apply genre theory to apologies posted by celebrities on self-media platform. Besides, it helps celebrities deepen their understanding of apologies posted on self-media platform, impair images, decrease negative social impact, and more importantly shoulder social responsibilities. Meanwhile, fan groups and other netizens can further their knowledge of apologies posted by celebrities online and evaluate celebrities and their social influence in a more reasonable and objective manner.
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- © 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Yibei Wang PY - 2022 DA - 2022/03/30 TI - A Genre Analysis of Chinese Celebrities’ Apologies on Sina Weibo BT - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Education, Language, Art and Inter-cultural Communication (ICELAIC 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 95 EP - 102 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220306.016 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.220306.016 ID - Wang2022 ER -