Staging a social drama
Ritualized framing of the spring festival homecoming in Chinese state media
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7477488 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Meng Li (0000-0003-4257-1832, Loyola Marymount University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 9-10 |
| Pages | 1417-1434 |
| Publication date | 2017-04-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journalism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1464-8849 • E-ISSN: 1741-3001 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1464884917704090 |
| OpenAlex | W2605936826 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 30 |
The transformation of Chinese media from the propaganda organ of the Party-state to its central means of hegemony has given rise to typified news practices that vary in formality but cohere in functionality. Integrating theories of media ritual and framing, this study explores how Chinese state media ritualistically manufacture a public consensus on the interpretation of the annual Spring Festival homecoming, a chronic social problem that exposes socioeconomic inequalities and policy deficiencies. An analysis of the 2014 homecoming coverage on China Central Television (CCTV) reveals that state media create and popularize a state-sponsored social drama, reducing a complex, multifaceted social problem to a one-dimensional transportation crisis. This media ritual, in accordance with both the state’s mandate to maintain social stability and the media’s logic of commercial success, contains alternative interpretations and obscures the important social concerns encapsulated in this issue
Archaeology · Art · Drama · Framing (construction · Homecoming · Media studies · Political science · Social media · Sociology · State (computer science · Visual arts · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Philippine History and Culture · History · Law
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |