The Media Image Of The First Lady

With the booming development of the mass media, the news on the Internet go fast. As we all know,China is taking the important part in the international issue today. So the first lady of China,Peng Liyuan,is getting more and more attention from all of the world.This paper discusses the function and construction about the role of first lady diplomacy during shaping the image of the country from the perspective of public diplomacy theory, which is clarifying the public diplomacy theories and frameworks on the basis of the core elements of the theory. First lady diplomacy is an important branch of public diplomacy. This thesis takes the Chinese-English network news about Peng Liyuan’s follow-up visit as the research object, which is according to the network news reports. The texts were selected from March22,2013to April1,2014as a reference.First lady diplomatic activities are part of the public diplomacy category.The first lady is the existence of the national image and etiquette, a representative of the national women’s and a strong complement to intergovernmental diplomacy. First lady diplomacy depends on the needs of the media attention and the attention of the people and social development. First lady diplomacy in particular will plays an important role in women’s rights, environmental protection, health care, disease control, charity and other social issues. The media image of the first lady belongs to the political image of areas, including political capacity, handling characteristics, leadership, knowledge, morality and so on. Mass media become a self-image correction ruler when presenting the media image of the first lady like a mirror.