Author(s)

Ruinan Zhao ¹, Yunqiao Chen ²

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Foreign Languages, Guangzhou Maritime University, Guangzhou, China
² School of Foreign Studies, Lingnan Normal University, Zhanjiang, China

Corresponding Author

Ruinan Zhao

ABSTRACT

The development and dissemination of COVID-19 vaccines have transcended the realm of scientific inquiry, becoming deeply entwined with political discourse due to the contentious nature of their effects and the significant economic and political interests at stake. This study employs a corpus-assisted discourse study (CADS) approach, integrating critical discourse analysis (CDA) and corpus linguistics (CL), to dissect the representations of COVID-19 vaccines across three English-language newspapers from the U.S., Hong Kong China, and Chinese mainland. By examining the discursive strategies and narrative constructions in these publications, the study aims to uncover the preferred ways in which each newspaper frames the vaccine issue and elucidate the intricate interplay between vaccines, media, and politics. The findings contribute to a nuanced understanding of how media narratives shape public perception and influence policy discourse in the context of a global health crisis.

KEYWORDS

Discursive Construction; Corpus-Assisted Discourse Study; COVID-19 Vaccine; Media

CITE THIS PAPER

Ruinan Zhao, Yunqiao Chen, A Multidimensional Discourse Analysis of Vaccine Representation in News Media. Media and Communication Research (2025) Vol. 6: 38-45. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/mediacr.2025.060507.

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