Article: Representations of ethnic minorities in China's university media

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TitleRepresentations of ethnic minorities in China's university media
AuthorsZhao, Z2
Postiglione, GA1
KeywordsChina
Discourse
Ethnic minority groups
Representation
State multiculturalism
University media
Issue Date2010
PublisherRoutledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/01596306.asp
CitationDiscourse, 2010, v. 31 n. 3, p. 319-334 [How to Cite?]
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01596301003786928
AbstractThis paper examines the representation of ethnic minorities in China through a review of campus newspapers, a major print medium in which universities exercise power over the discourse of cultural recognition. Three universities attended by minority students were selected. A two-dimensional mode (content and configuration) is established to analyze ethnic representations. A combination of content analysis and discourse analysis is used to categorize and analyze text and photographs relevant to ethnicity. The study concludes that (1) different discursive practices are employed to construct 'images' of ethnic groups as 'Others' or 'Us'; (2) representations of ethnic minorities and the Han generate three discursive dichotomies between minority and majority: minority groups are distinctive, potentially separatistic, and visible; and the Han people are normative, patriotic, and invisible, respectively; (3) the university media reflects an ideology of 'state multiculturalism' that constructs a reflexive representation of the relationship between majority and minority. © 2010 Taylor & Francis.
ISSN0159-6306
2011 Impact Factor: 0.512
2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.030
DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01596301003786928
ISI Accession Number IDWOS:000286821300004
ReferencesReferences in Scopus
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dc.contributor.authorZhao, Z
dc.contributor.authorPostiglione, GA
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-29T01:12:48Z
dc.date.available2010-09-29T01:12:48Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the representation of ethnic minorities in China through a review of campus newspapers, a major print medium in which universities exercise power over the discourse of cultural recognition. Three universities attended by minority students were selected. A two-dimensional mode (content and configuration) is established to analyze ethnic representations. A combination of content analysis and discourse analysis is used to categorize and analyze text and photographs relevant to ethnicity. The study concludes that (1) different discursive practices are employed to construct 'images' of ethnic groups as 'Others' or 'Us'; (2) representations of ethnic minorities and the Han generate three discursive dichotomies between minority and majority: minority groups are distinctive, potentially separatistic, and visible; and the Han people are normative, patriotic, and invisible, respectively; (3) the university media reflects an ideology of 'state multiculturalism' that constructs a reflexive representation of the relationship between majority and minority. © 2010 Taylor & Francis.
dc.description.naturepostprint
dc.identifier.citationDiscourse, 2010, v. 31 n. 3, p. 319-334 [How to Cite?]
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01596301003786928
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01596301003786928
dc.identifier.epage334
dc.identifier.hkuros173548
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000286821300004
dc.identifier.issn0159-6306
2011 Impact Factor: 0.512
2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.030
dc.identifier.issue3
dc.identifier.openurl
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-77953399825
dc.identifier.spage319
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/123823
dc.identifier.volume31
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherRoutledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/01596306.asp
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofDiscourse
dc.relation.referencesReferences in Scopus
dc.rightsThis is an electronic version of an article published in Discourse (Abingdon): studies in the cultural politics of education, 2010, v. 31 n. 3, p. 319-334. The article is vailable online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01596301003786928
dc.rightsCreative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License
dc.subjectChina
dc.subjectDiscourse
dc.subjectEthnic minority groups
dc.subjectRepresentation
dc.subjectState multiculturalism
dc.subjectUniversity media
dc.titleRepresentations of ethnic minorities in China's university media
dc.typeArticle
Author Affiliations
  1. The University of Hong Kong
  2. Hong Kong Institute of Education