research

2024

1. Working

   PoliCS: Policy Causal Story Corpus. Working in Progress.

   Yangdong Liu, Zhenfeng Zhou, Xiaokai Yan, and 1 more author

   Feb 2024

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2022

1. Finished

   The Grassroots Spread of anti-epidemic slogans and the Exception State Fugue (Bachelor’s Thesis)

   Xiaokai Yan

   May 2022

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   The article, based on an interdisciplinary perspective, examines the field of anti-epidemic slogans through a triple fugue structure of media, rhetoric, and ethics. It explores the connections and tensions between this field and the theory of the state of exception proposed by the philosopher Agamben. The article discovers potential transformations in the state of exception in the post-pandemic era and critically analyzes and deconstructs the "Gordian knot" encountered by anti-epidemic slogans in grassroots communication and risk communication practices within this context. It seeks to capture experiential insights and provide corresponding recommendations.

2. Finished

   A study on discourse strategies of mainstream media’s public opinion guidance during the COVID-19 epidemic: A case study of People’s Daily, CCTV News and Wuhan’s Weibo blog

   Xiaokai Yan

   News Communication, Jun 2022

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   The rapidly emerging COVID-19 pandemic is a crucial juncture in humanity’s transition to a risk society. Through content analysis, it is observed that mainstream media, represented by People’s Daily, CCTV News, and Wuhan Release, undergoes a phased discourse pattern in guiding public opinion during the COVID-19 crisis, generally aligning with the SCCT strategy. Simultaneously, there are specific discourse strategy differences between central and local mainstream media.