International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology, 2023, 5(8); doi: 10.25236/IJFS.2023.050822.
Jingyi Gao
Tianjin Foreign Studies University, Tianjin, 300202, China
In recent years, various reports on group images have been consistently emerging in discursive resources. Among them, the constructed image of medical workers in news discourse not only directly influences the public's subjective perception of medical personnel but also serves as a crucial reference factor for the public's perception of the real environment. To enrich the linguistic and image construction research in news discourse, this paper adopts the theoretical framework of appraisal theory and explores the construction of various images of medical workers in news reports and the evaluation strategies employed by the media to shape the image of this group.
Image construction, Discourse analysis, Appraisal theory, Attitude system
Jingyi Gao. The Discourse Construction of the Image of Medical Workers in News Discourse. International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology (2023), Vol. 5, Issue 8: 138-144. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFS.2023.050822.
[1] Chen, L., & Zhao, C. (2016). "The 'Chinese Dream' in News Discourse: A Discourse Analysis from the Perspective of Evaluative Theory and Attitude." Journal of Tianjin Foreign Studies University, 23(04), 34-39+81.
[2] Guo, X. (2018). Comparative Study of Doctor's Media Image from the Perspective of Frame Theory. Guangxi University.
[3] Liu, W. (2021). Research on the Construction of Media Image of Medical Staff by People's Daily during the COVID-19 Epidemic. Southwest University.
[4] Zhu, L., & Shi, Y. (2020). Construction of the Image of Medical Workers in the Media during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of the "People's Daily" WeChat Official Account. Journal of Tianjin Foreign Studies University, 27(05), 80-91+160.
[5] Zhu, Y., & Zhu, L. (2022). Identity Construction of Young Medical Workers in the Context of the Pandemic. Journal of Beijing University of Science and Technology.
[6] Sun, X., & Chalupnik, M. (2022). Sacrificing long hair and the domestic sphere: Reporting on female medical workers in Chinese online news during Covid-19. Discourse & Society.
[7] Martin, J. R. (2000). Beyond Exchange: Appraisal Systems in English [A]. In Hunston, S. & G. Thomson (eds.). Evaluation in Text: Authorial Stance and the Construction of Discourse. Oxford: Oxford University Press: 142-175.
[8] Ma, W. (2009). Implicit Evaluation and Explicit Evaluation: A Study on Evaluation in Discourse Function. Fudan University.
[9] Martin, J. R., & Rose, D. (2003). Working with discourse: Meaning beyond the clause. (1st ed.). London: Continuum.
[10] Martin, J. R., & White, P. R. R. (2005). The language of evaluation: Appraisal in English. New York: Palgrave Macmillian.
[11] White, P. R. R. (2004). Subjectivity, Evaluation and Point of View in Media Discourse. In Coffin, C. & K. O’Halloran (eds.), Grammar, Text and Content: A Reader. London & New York: Hodder Arnold: 229-257.
[12] Shaw, P. (2004). How do We Recognize Implicit Evaluation in Academic Book Reviews? In Camiciotti, G. D. L. & E. T. Bonelli (eds.). Academic Discourse: Linguistic Insights into Evaluation. Bern: Peter Lang: 121-140.
[13] Wang, T. (2012). A Study on the Discourse Occurrence of Implicit Evaluation in News Discourse. Journal of Foreign Languages, (1), 104-107.
[14] White, Peter R. R. (2006). Evaluative Semantics and Ideological Positioning in Journalistic Discourse Image & Ideology in the Mass Media 62:9: 133-142.