基于EUM模型的后真相时代批评话语分析——以世界媒体对中国进博会报道为例

The Critical Discourse Analysis in the Post-Truth Era under the Extended Unit of Meaning Model——The World Media Report on the China International Import Expo

后真相时代,世界媒体提供海量的信息,但却从多种不同甚至相矛盾的角度解读同一客观事件。为探究这种现象背后的深层原因,以扩展意义单位模型(EUM)为理论指导,从Lexis Nexis新闻库中提取相关数据,自建两个小型语料库,利用语料库技术,对世界主流媒体关于中国进博会的新闻报道进行批评话语分析。研究结果表明,参与中国"一带一路"倡议的国家关注中国的改革开放和经济发展动向,积极加强与中国的经贸合作,而未参与的国家也重视中国的发展,但同时强调美中贸易战背景下美中经济关系,因而对中国的发展以及与中国合作持谨慎观望态度。出现多种报道的原因在于背后隐藏的意识形态差异;这也表明从批评角度看待媒体报道是很有必要的。

In the post-truth era,the mass information provided by the world media with diverse perspectives makes people confuse about some issues.In order to uncover reasons of such reports,this paper analyzes the global mainstream media reports on the China Expo from the perspective of critical discourse analysis under the frame of the extended unit of meaning model (EUM).The result shows that the countries participating in China′s "Belt and Road" initiative pay close attention to the reform and opening up and economic development of China while actively strengthen economic and trade cooperation with China.The non-participating countries also attach importance to China′s development,but at the same time emphasize the US-China economic relations against the background of the US-China trade war,so they are cautious to launch cooperation with China.Such diverse reports lie in the fact of ideological differences which can be found out by utilizing the EUM model.It is necessary to view reports and information from a critical perspective.