A Study on the Conceptual Metaphor Construction of China's Environmental Image in the British Media: An Analysis of the Guardian's Reports

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10.2991/978-2-38476-265-1_45How to use a DOI?

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political communication; conceptual metaphor; China’s ecological environment image

Abstract

With environmental issues emerging as a new domain for interest bargaining and power competition among China and United Kingdom, the exploration of how the Brith media build the China's environmental image is of significant importance. This study uses 114 commentary articles from The Guardian as its corpus, examining the metaphors used in them and the resulting constructed image of China. The findings reveal that the British media portrays China's environmental image through three dimensions: a negative image of environmental pollution, two positive images of environmental development and governance. By uncovering the ways in which the British media constructs China's environmental image, this paper contributes to understanding the opportunities, resistances, and breakthroughs in the dissemination of China's environmental image, which could be helpful to mitigate misunderstandings and defenses in international communication, thereby promoting cooperation in environmental governance between China and other countries to jointly address global environmental challenges.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xiaohan Dou
AU  - Yun Li
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/07/18
TI  - A Study on the Conceptual Metaphor Construction of China's Environmental Image in the British Media: An Analysis of the Guardian's Reports
BT  - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Language, Art and Cultural Exchange (ICLACE 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 370
EP  - 378
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-265-1_45
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-265-1_45
ID  - Dou2024
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