Covid-19 and the Chinese community in London
Discourse circulation, semantic shifts, and transnational communication in a public health crisis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 17812291 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yan Jiang (0000-0001-9615-8600, University of London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Publication date | 2026-03-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Chinese Language and Discourse An International and Interdisciplinary Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1877-7031 • E-ISSN: 1877-8798 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/cld.25023.jia |
| OpenAlex | W7133194887 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
Drawing on findings from ten interviews conducted in 2021, this study examines how members of the British Chinese community in London accessed and interpreted COVID-19 pandemic information, the barriers they encountered in institutional health communication, and the shifting meanings of health artefacts. The findings reveal that transnational information flows created both protective advantages and confusion, that communicative inequalities were frequent during the pandemic, and that the semiotic meanings of key health artefacts became politicised and racialised. The analysis makes use of what we propose as an integrative discourse analysis , which examines data using concepts from several theoretical frameworks
Chinese community · Community health · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Inequality · Key (lock) · Pandemic · Semiotics · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Global Security and Public Health · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |