Seeing Changes in Attitudes Toward China from Reports on the Two Olympic Games

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10.2991/978-2-494069-31-2_238How to use a DOI?

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Reports; CNN; Figaro Vox; Olympic games

Abstract

This paper focuses on the change in the attitudes that countries around the world have toward China. This study is shown through the comparison of two reports on the 2008 and 2022 Olympics that both took place in China. The main methods are using word clouds to create straightforward graphs and rhetorical analysis techniques to analyze the idea that the author wants to make through. This paper mainly analyzes the news reports from CNN (the U.S.) and Figaro Vox (France) to show the opinion of America and Europe. From the two sets of reports, changes following the same trend yet different in degree can be seen. The U.S. media’s attitude turned dramatically negative toward China turn around 2018 due to trade conflicts. On the other hand, although the European media’s attitude also turned to a more negative point of view, its reports are more neutral compared to the U.S. media. This might be caused by the differences between the U.S. and Europe when trading with China. From the U.S. perspective, China is its direct competitor while Europe views it more as a cooperator, as seen from the data.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Houru Pan
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/29
TI  - Seeing Changes in Attitudes Toward China from Reports on the Two Olympic Games
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 6th International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 2016
EP  - 2024
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-31-2_238
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-31-2_238
ID  - Pan2022
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