The Construction Of Chinese National Image By Foreign Media's Disasters News Report In China

At the time of "great changes unseen in a century",all kinds of sudden disasters emerge one after another,and "disaster news" will undoubtedly return to the center of the international news stage.The influence of "disaster news" on individuals,society and countries is being exerted imperceptibly.Many behaviors or thinking modes are influenced by "disaster news" to some extent,and the sense of existence and importance of "disaster news" has reached another relatively peak.From a macro point of view,the research tries to focus on the building,construction and influence of "disaster news" on China's national image under the background of emergency events,clarifies the importance and necessity of "disaster news" for the promotion of national soft power and the construction of national image,and has certain strategic thinking value and decision-making space.From the micro point of view,the research will start from the real life examples,involving the role of mass media,how to construct the national image of China,foreign newspapers and other detailed issues of China's attitude towards news.The applied research methods of this paper include content analysis,frame analysis and case study.The specific operation steps are to use the Factiva database to search related disaster news materials,and take the China-related disaster news of The Times in 2020-2021 as the sample database to conduct category coding,so as to have a relatively clear understanding of its general distribution and presentation.After the content analysis,the distribution and the present situation of the construction to determine The Times of China's national image "what" and "why","what is the effect",the next frame analysis,investigation and comparison,and other typical report summed up the foreign media in marking the disaster news report in the same place,Finally,the countermeasures and actions that our country should take to deal with these situations are put forward.The main difficulty of this study is that it is impossible and unrealistic to make an exhaustive analysis of all the China-related disaster news reports from foreign media.Therefore,The Times,which has a great influence in the international media industry and is recognized for its seriousness and professionalism,is adopted as the case study path.The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held the 30 th group study session on strengthening China's international communication capacity on the afternoon of May 31,2021.In presiding over the study,General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed,"We should keep the tone right,be open and confident,but also humble and modest,and strive to build a credible,lovely and respectable image of China.All regions and departments should give full play to their respective characteristics and advantages in their work and present a colorful and vivid image of China." The national image construction project is both the test of time and the need of the situation.A good national image of China will help China play a bigger role in global affairs and make greater contribution to solving the problems of mankind together with other countries.