China and COVID-19: Assessing a State’s Image Repair Strategies in a Global Crisis-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

China and COVID-19: Assessing a State’s Image Repair Strategies in a Global Crisis

Published:2022-06-30 Issue:1 Volume: Page:
ISSN:2385-3042
Container-title:58 | 2022
language:it
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Author:

Pinardi Chiara¹

Affiliation:

1. Studiosa indipendente

Abstract

On 31 December 2019, China reported the emergence of a cluster of pneumonia of unknown cause in the city of Wuhan in the province of Hubei. As the novel disease turned into a global pandemic, China had to face a serious damage to its portrayed image of a responsible global power. Combining Benoit’s Image Repair Theory (IRT) with a contextual framework singling out cultural, societal and political variables that influence Chinese Communication Strategies (CCSs), the article pioneers the analysis of strategies adopted to respond to public image’s threats by adding an explicative nuance to their selection and reception.

Publisher

Edizioni Ca Foscari

Subject

Political Science and International Relations,Linguistics and Language,Sociology and Political Science,Religious studies,Cultural Studies

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