Publications by Bingjuan Xiong
Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, 2019
This research explores the (inter-) cultural dimension of communicating citizenship in China’s ne... more This research explores the (inter-) cultural dimension of communicating citizenship in China’s new media environment. It adopts speech codes theory as a theoretical and methodological framework to examine the historically situated and socially constructed meanings of citizenship and the normative communicative conduct for practicing “good citizenship” in China. Through a systematic analysis of Chinese online discourse surrounding two social events, this study captures one speech code pertaining to communicating citizenship that is premised on a paradox – citizenship is interpreted by the Chinese as a legal entitlement that they deserve, but it is simultaneously treated as an aspirational and unattainable ideal. Additionally, speaking sensibly and morally with a communal orientation is heavily emphasized in this speech code as it is considered a valuable communicative practice for performing “good citizenship.” Finally, participating in online collective actions such as “topping posts” is rendered an acceptable and effective way to communicate and enact citizen rights in China.
International Journal of Interactive Communication Systems and Technologies (IJICST), 2015
The development of new media transforms human communication experiences in ways that are socially... more The development of new media transforms human communication experiences in ways that are socially, culturally, and politically meaningful. This study investigates the Chinese government's use of new media in response to an international communication crisis, the Ai Weiwei case, in 2011. Through a discourse analysis of China's official online news website, China Daily, as well as Twitter posts, most salient media frames in China's online media discourse are identified. The results suggest that online contestation of media framing in China's official media discourse contributes to the formation of new cultural expectations and norms in Chinese society and challenges the government's ability to tell its own stories without dispute. The author argues that new media foster online discussion and stimulate public debate of China's accountability and transparency in interacting with domestic and global audiences during crisis communication.
The China-U.S. trade dispute over Chinese tires in 2009 is conceptualized as an activity in which... more The China-U.S. trade dispute over Chinese tires in 2009 is conceptualized as an activity in which journalistic discourses (from both China and the U.S.) are seen as mediations for both parties to engage in this dispute. This study focuses on the practice of reported speech in Chinese journalistic discourse. Informed by Grounded Practical Theory (GPT), the author aims to qualitatively investigate how reported speech is utilized by Chinese journalists to cope with the "discursive war" of this trade dispute and further to uncover the underlying assumptions about the nature of this dispute, the relationship between the two nations and, Chinese journalistic practice.
Conference Presentations by Bingjuan Xiong
Discourse of trade disputes is as a cultural phenomenon as it is an economic and political one as... more Discourse of trade disputes is as a cultural phenomenon as it is an economic and political one as culture always has its role to play in the construction of trade dispute discourse which directly influences the outcome of trade disputes. Based on the news reports collocated from six Chinese and American prestige newspapers, this study aims to investigate the discursive constructions of China-U.S. trade disputes through a case study of the “Chinese tires case” and further to look into the cultural forces that has found its way to shape this trade dispute by means of deconstructing this trade dispute discourse. With the assistance of analytical techniques from corpus linguistics, this study is able to identify both the social actors involved and the frequent discursive patterns surrounding key concepts and entities, as well as to uncover the fundamental propositions presupposed in the Chinese and U.S. discourses of trade dispute.
The corpus analysis shows that the Chinese and U.S. discourses of trade dispute are asymmetrical and imbalanced in terms of their perception of the nature of this dispute, the main focus of arguments, the discursive organizations, the social actors involved and the most salient speech act performed. In the U.S. discourse, this trade dispute is considered a political issue rather than an economic one in view of the frequently presented social actors (government agencies and agents) and widely related political issues. However, in the Chinese discourse, this trade dispute is traded as an economic issue with a heavy focus on trade protectionism and frequently voiced social actors (business associations).
Drawing upon the social, cultural and historical contexts where this trade dispute is embedded, this study captures interesting constructions of this trade dispute from both sides, such as treating trade disputes as a war in the U.S. side, using dialectic discursive strategies in the Chinese side. All these interesting discursive constructions reveal different conceptualizations of “language” and “conflicts” in Chinese and U.S. cultures on the one hand, but on the other hand it also shows how these cultural conceptualizations execute the material forces in shaping the discourse of this trade dispute as well as the outcome of this trade dispute.
Should everyone become a political activist to engage with Chinese social problems so as to "save... more Should everyone become a political activist to engage with Chinese social problems so as to "save" China? Is there only one way to critically engage with the "Chinese reality?" And what is criticism in China anyway? When keywords like criticism and China are linked together, our attention is quickly drawn to Chinese dissidents (such as Ai Weiwei, Gao Xinjian and Liu Yiwu) as often represented in the mainstream Western media. Their "open criticism" of the Chinese
Invited talk by Bingjuan Xiong
Papers by Bingjuan Xiong
Journal of Multicultural Discourses, 2021
The Handbook of Communication and Security, 2019
Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, 2019
This research explores the (inter-) cultural dimension of communicating citizenship in China's ne... more This research explores the (inter-) cultural dimension of communicating citizenship in China's new media environment. It adopts speech codes theory (Philipsen et al., 2005) as a theoretical and methodological framework to examine the historically situated and socially constructed meanings of Chinese citizenship and the normative communicative conduct for practicing "good citizenship" in China. Through a systematic analysis of online blog posts and comments surrounding two social events, this study captures one speech code pertaining to communicating citizenship in China that is premised on a paradox-citizenship is interpreted by the Chinese as a legal entitlement that they deserve, but at the same time it is also treated as an aspirational and unattainable ideal. Moreover, speaking sensibly and morally with a public and communal orientation is heavily emphasized in this speech code as it is considered a valuable communicative conduct for practicing "good citizenship" in China. Additionally, participating in online collective actions such as "topping posts" is rendered an acceptable and effective way to communicate and enact citizen rights.
Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, 2019
This research explores the (inter-) cultural dimension of communicating citizenship in China’s ne... more This research explores the (inter-) cultural dimension of communicating citizenship in China’s new media environment. It adopts speech codes theory as a theoretical and methodological framework to examine the historically situated and socially constructed meanings of citizenship and the normative communicative conduct for practicing “good citizenship” in China. Through a systematic analysis of Chinese online discourse surrounding two social events, this study captures one speech code pertaining to communicating citizenship that is premised on a paradox – citizenship is interpreted by the Chinese as a legal entitlement that they deserve, but it is simultaneously treated as an aspirational and unattainable ideal. Additionally, speaking sensibly and morally with a communal orientation is heavily emphasized in this speech code as it is considered a valuable communicative practice for performing “good citizenship.” Finally, participating in online collective actions such as “topping post...
Journal of Communication
Mass communication was one of the central signs through which communication research constituted ... more Mass communication was one of the central signs through which communication research constituted itself in the post-World War II era. An American term, it indexed and communicatively advanced the problematization of media that took shape from the 1920s onward. Recently, scholars have debated the term’s continued relevance, typically without awareness of its history or international contexts of use. To provide needed background and enrich efforts to globalize the field, we offer a transnational history of mass communication, illuminating the sociological, cultural, and geopolitical dynamics of its emergence, dissemination, and reception. Mapping locations of its adoption, adaption, and rejection across world regions, we offer a methodology and a historical narrative to shed light on the early globalization of the field and lines of power and resistance that shaped it. We show how the term carries a residue of postwar American hegemony, and argue for greater reflexive awareness of our...
Journal of Communication, 2019
Mass communication was one of the central signs through which communication research constituted ... more Mass communication was one of the central signs through which communication research constituted itself in the post-World War II era. An American term, it indexed and communicatively advanced the problematization of media that took shape from the 1920s onward. Recently, scholars have debated the term’s continued relevance, typically without awareness of its history or international contexts of use. To provide needed background and enrich efforts to globalize the field, we offer a transnational history of mass communication, illuminating the sociological, cultural, and geopolitical dynamics of its emergence, dissemination, and reception. Mapping locations of its adoption, adaption, and rejection across
world regions, we offer a methodology and a historical narrative to shed light on the early globalization of the field and lines of power and resistance that shaped it. We show how the term carries residue of postwar American hegemony and argue for greater reflexive awareness of our vocabularies of inquiry.
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Publications by Bingjuan Xiong
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The corpus analysis shows that the Chinese and U.S. discourses of trade dispute are asymmetrical and imbalanced in terms of their perception of the nature of this dispute, the main focus of arguments, the discursive organizations, the social actors involved and the most salient speech act performed. In the U.S. discourse, this trade dispute is considered a political issue rather than an economic one in view of the frequently presented social actors (government agencies and agents) and widely related political issues. However, in the Chinese discourse, this trade dispute is traded as an economic issue with a heavy focus on trade protectionism and frequently voiced social actors (business associations).
Drawing upon the social, cultural and historical contexts where this trade dispute is embedded, this study captures interesting constructions of this trade dispute from both sides, such as treating trade disputes as a war in the U.S. side, using dialectic discursive strategies in the Chinese side. All these interesting discursive constructions reveal different conceptualizations of “language” and “conflicts” in Chinese and U.S. cultures on the one hand, but on the other hand it also shows how these cultural conceptualizations execute the material forces in shaping the discourse of this trade dispute as well as the outcome of this trade dispute.
Invited talk by Bingjuan Xiong
Papers by Bingjuan Xiong
world regions, we offer a methodology and a historical narrative to shed light on the early globalization of the field and lines of power and resistance that shaped it. We show how the term carries residue of postwar American hegemony and argue for greater reflexive awareness of our vocabularies of inquiry.
The corpus analysis shows that the Chinese and U.S. discourses of trade dispute are asymmetrical and imbalanced in terms of their perception of the nature of this dispute, the main focus of arguments, the discursive organizations, the social actors involved and the most salient speech act performed. In the U.S. discourse, this trade dispute is considered a political issue rather than an economic one in view of the frequently presented social actors (government agencies and agents) and widely related political issues. However, in the Chinese discourse, this trade dispute is traded as an economic issue with a heavy focus on trade protectionism and frequently voiced social actors (business associations).
Drawing upon the social, cultural and historical contexts where this trade dispute is embedded, this study captures interesting constructions of this trade dispute from both sides, such as treating trade disputes as a war in the U.S. side, using dialectic discursive strategies in the Chinese side. All these interesting discursive constructions reveal different conceptualizations of “language” and “conflicts” in Chinese and U.S. cultures on the one hand, but on the other hand it also shows how these cultural conceptualizations execute the material forces in shaping the discourse of this trade dispute as well as the outcome of this trade dispute.
world regions, we offer a methodology and a historical narrative to shed light on the early globalization of the field and lines of power and resistance that shaped it. We show how the term carries residue of postwar American hegemony and argue for greater reflexive awareness of our vocabularies of inquiry.