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A Critical-Dramatistic Study of Rhetoric: Analyzing Ideological Representations of China in the Reporting of the Kunming Attack

Zhu, Hua
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0242-235X
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1430085109

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2015, Master of Arts, Miami University, English.
This thesis argues for a new methodology, namely, critical-dramatistic analysis, for studying the rhetorical construction of reality in news reports and the politics and ideological forces that motivate and legitimatize such discursive representation of reality. Mainly synthesized from pentadic analysis and critical discourse analysis, this methodology proposes a hybrid analytical framework that explains textual features of news reports in terms of the historical and sociocultural exigencies. To verify the applicability of this methodology, I employ a critical-dramatistic analysis to critique the ideological representations of China in three news reports on the Kunming Attack. My analysis of the reporting of the Kunming Attack also provides fresh data to understand the interpretive frames of different discourse communities. Implications upon discourse analysis of reality construction in news reports and upon cross-cultural communication are suggested, followed by a discussion about the limitations of the current study and the possible directions for future studies.
LuMing Mao (Committee Chair)
Michele Simmons (Committee Member)
Madelyn Detloff (Committee Member)
Rhetoric
methodology; dramatism; critical discourse analysis; rhetorical construction of reality; politics; ideologies; discursive representation of China; news reports; cross-cultural communication

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  • Zhu, H. (2015). A Critical-Dramatistic Study of Rhetoric: Analyzing Ideological Representations of China in the Reporting of the Kunming Attack [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1430085109

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Zhu, Hua. A Critical-Dramatistic Study of Rhetoric: Analyzing Ideological Representations of China in the Reporting of the Kunming Attack . 2015. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1430085109.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Zhu, Hua. "A Critical-Dramatistic Study of Rhetoric: Analyzing Ideological Representations of China in the Reporting of the Kunming Attack ." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1430085109

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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