Look at China in the kazakhstan media through the prism of the one belt, one road initiative
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https://doi.org/10.47475/2070-0695-2022-10214Keywords:
China, image, One Belt – One Road, media discourse, corpus linguisticsAbstract
The article is devoted to the study of the image of China in the Kazakhstan media, which is considered in the context of promoting the Chinese initiative "One Belt - One Road". It is noted that the methods of corpus linguistics used to study media materials, in combination with content analysis, make it possible to demonstrate objective results and assessments. Using these methods, the authors of this article studied the materials of 1067 news reports published in five leading Kazakhstan media from 2013 to 2021. The article presents the results of the analysis carried out in accordance with the following parameters: the density of news, the composition of collocates of the word "road", the keywords of the news corpus. The authors conclude that the density of the news shows a continuous increase in the number of reports about the Chinese initiative; collocates of the word “road” show the steady attention of the media to state visits of representatives of both countries, and to events dedicated to cooperation and to issues of economic interaction; keywords demonstrate positive assessments of China's activities in its partnership with Kazakhstan. As a result, it is argued that the image of China as a reliable initiator of cooperation, a mutually beneficial partner and a great friend is presented in the Kazakhstan media.
Funding: The research was funded by the 2019 Guangdong Province Higher Education Teaching Reform Project (Grant No. 21000-31911130).
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