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Dr Qing Cao

Contact Dr Qing Cao (email at qing.cao@durham.ac.uk)

Biography

My research interests centre on cultural representation in the mass media, with a focus on mutual perceptions and representation between the West and China. Currently I am working on a research project ‘Representing Capitalism in Chinese Television’ . The project focuses on how the Chinese elites perceive its new place in the international world in the 21st century as reflected in media’s portrayal of (western) modernity, globalisation and its post-financial crisis problems. My previous research project explores the politics of representation in China, examining the changing dynamics between sociopolitical transformations, the mass media and cultural identities. I have also carried out research on the British media reporting of China.

PhD supervision

I welcome applications on topics surrounding mass media, discourse, cultural and political representation.

Research Centre and Groups

Centre for Contemporary China Studies

Culture and Difference

Translation/Linguistics/Pedagogy

Supervises

Miss Jin Ren

Miss Shasha Wang

Research Interests

• Mutual perceptions between the West and China
• Mass media and sociopolitical changes in China
• Discourse and narrative

Selected Publications

Articles: review

• 1999 'China under Communism', The Pacific Review 12, pp. 136-138

Books: edited

• 2012 Reinventing Identities: the Poetics of Language Use in Post-reform China. (with Tian, H), Nankai University Press.

Books: sections

• 2012 'Anti-Colonialism', in (ed.), Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia and Africa, SAGE Publications, pp. 201-203
• 2012 'Propaganda', in (ed.), Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia and Africa, SAGE Publications, pp. 351-353
• 2009 'Western Perspectives on China', in (ed.), Berkshire Encyclopaedia of China, Berkshire Publishing Group, pp. 1749-1753
• 2004 'Chinese', in (ed.), In Other Words: The Language Lover’s Guide to the Most Intriguing Words around the World, Walker & Company, pp. 82-85

Edited works: journals

• 2007 Reporting China in the British Media. China Media Research, 3 (1).

Essays in edited volumes

• 2012 'Cultural Foundations of Western Representation of China', in (ed.), Global Media Review Special Issue, Tsinghua University Press, pp. 128-143
• 2012 'Introduction: Language, Discourse and Identity in Globalized China (with Tian, H)', in (ed.), Reinventing Identities: The Poetics of Language Use in Contemporary China, Nankai University Press, pp. 1-15
• 2012 'Re-imagined West in the Chinese Television: a Case Study of a China Central Television Documentary Series Rise of Great Powers', in (ed.), Discourse and Social-Political Transformations in Contemporary China, John Benjamins, pp. 127-144
• 2012 'Reimagining Traditions: the Role of Culture in China's External Relations', in (ed.), Reinventing Identities: the Poetics of Language Use in Post-reform China, Nankai University Press, pp. 45-70
• 2010 'China’s Evolving Human Security Discourse (with Renwick, N)', in (ed.), New Perspectives from Japan and China, Renvall Institute Publications 27, University of Helsinki, pp. 27-50
• 2009 'Intercultural Communication through Language: Chinese Cultural Linguistics and Its Implications in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language', in (ed.), Theories and Practices in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, Cypress, pp. 1-12
• 2009 'Journalism and Political Change: the Case of China', in Allan, Stuart (ed.), The Routledge Companion to News and Journalism, Routledge, pp. 138-148
• 2006 'Western Representation of the ‘Other’', in (ed.), Discourse as Cultural Struggle, Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, pp. 105-122
• 2003 'Modern Political Communication in China (with Renwick, N)', in (ed.), Political Communication in Greater China: The Construction and Reflection of Identity, Routledge, pp. 62-82
• 2001 'Selling Culture: Ancient Chinese Conception of the ‘Other’ in Legends', in (ed.), The Zen of International Relations: IR Theories from East to West, Palgrave, pp. 178-202

Journal papers: academic

• 2012 'Modernity and Media Portrayals of China', Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 22, pp. 1-21
• 2011 'Cultural Foundations of Western Representation of China', Global Media Review 8, pp. 104-116
• 2011 'Narrative as Discourse: Toward an Analytical Model for the study of Western Representation of the 'Other'', China Media Research 7, pp. 6-16
• 2011 'Reporting China: Perspectives, Patterns and Research Methodology', Journal of International Chinese Studies 1, 1, pp. 1-19
• 2011 'The Language of Soft Power: Mediating Socio-political Meanings in the Chinese Media', Critical Arts: South-North Cultural and Media Studies 25, pp. 7-24
• 2010 'The re-imagined West in Chinese Television: a Case Study of the CCTV Documentary Series the Rise of the Great Powers', Journal of Language and Politics 9, pp. 615-633
• 2009 'Missing Heroes: Portraying Chinese History in British Television (with Fu, D)', Journal of Chinese Sociolinguistics 13, 6, pp. 60-77
• 2008 'After the Civilization Orders: International Cultural Relations in a Third World Perspective (with Chan, S)', World Economics and Politics pp. 67-71
• 2008 'China’s Cultural Soft Power: An Emerging National Cultural Security Discourse (with Renwick, R)', American Journal of Chinese Studies 15, pp. 301-318
• 2007 'Advising Television Documentary in China: an Interview with Hugh Baker', China Media Research 3, pp. 33-42
• 2007 'China Through Western Eyes: a Case Study of a BBC Television Documentary Series Road to Xanadu', European Journal of East Asian Studies 7, pp. 275-297
• 2007 'Confucian Vision of a New World Order? Culturalist Discourse, Foreign Policy and the Press in Contemporary China', International Communication Gazette 69, pp. 431-450
• 2007 'Reporting China: A Critical Review', China Media Research 3, pp. 8-16
• 2006 'The Discourse of Technology in Western Representation of China: A Case Study', Global Media Journal 5, pp. 1-14
• 2005 'Four Images of China: the Imagined 'Other' in British Television Documentaries', China Media Research 2, pp. 93-97
• 2004 'Two Faces of Confucianism: Narrative Construction of Cross-cultural Imagery', Concentric: Literary and Cultural Studies 30, pp. 223-248
• 2000 'Journalism as Politics: Reporting Hong Kong’s Handover in the Chinese Press', Journalism Studies 1, pp. 665
• 1999 'Chinese Political Discourse towards the 21st Century: Victimhood, Identity and Political Power (with Renwick, N)', East Asia: An International Quarterly 17, pp. 111-143
• 1999 'Signification of Hong Kong’s Handover: the Case of the British Press', Journal of International Communication 6, pp. 71

Journal papers: popular

• 2008 'Changing Perspectives on China', Guanxi: The China Letter 2, pp. 8-10

Monographs

• 2013 China's Image in the Age of Globalisation, Nankai University Press.

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Grants Awarded

• 2012: British Academy Research Grant
• 2010: China Sinology Research Grant
• 2005: British Academy Research Grant
• 2003: British Academy Travel Award
• 1998: American Association for Chinese Studies Conference Grant