Are netizens social Darwinists?: Recontextualization of Chinese survival discourse in online discussions about the US-China trade war.

Survival discourse has emerged as a prominent theme in online discussions about the US–China trade war on the Chinese social media platform Zhihu. This study undertakes a critical discourse analysis of this emergent discourse by examining 80 answers (totaling 95,753 words) from Zhihu users within th...

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Publicado en:Text & Talk Vol. 43; no. 6; pp. 777 - 797
Autor principal: Liu, Qing
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: De Gruyter Nov2023
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