Beyond Cultural China: the Representation of Taiwan in US-based Speech Communication and Journalism Research
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This paper investigates how Taiwan is studied in the research of us-based speech communication and journalism. Specifically, Taiwan-related journal articles published by major us-based communication and journalism associations are selected and analysed in terms of their numbers, authorship, and themes. The results indicate that Taiwan studies is a marginalised subject in speech communication and journalism. However, there has been an increasing research interest in Taiwan in the last two decades. These journal articles also record the role of Taiwan in Cold War history, the legacy of ‘Free China’, and the establishment of two Chinese communication associations in the United States. They explain why the representation of Taiwan is often ambivalent in a ‘cultural China’ framework in speech communication and journalism. This investigation aims to begin a conversation about how speech communication and journalism research can be more engaged in Taiwan studies, and how research on Taiwan can be more integrated into these two disciplines.
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Beyond Cultural China: the Representation of Taiwan in US-based Speech Communication and Journalism Research
In: International Journal of Taiwan StudiesSearch for other papers by Hsin-i Sydney Yueh in
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Abstract
This paper investigates how Taiwan is studied in the research of us-based speech communication and journalism. Specifically, Taiwan-related journal articles published by major us-based communication and journalism associations are selected and analysed in terms of their numbers, authorship, and themes. The results indicate that Taiwan studies is a marginalised subject in speech communication and journalism. However, there has been an increasing research interest in Taiwan in the last two decades. These journal articles also record the role of Taiwan in Cold War history, the legacy of ‘Free China’, and the establishment of two Chinese communication associations in the United States. They explain why the representation of Taiwan is often ambivalent in a ‘cultural China’ framework in speech communication and journalism. This investigation aims to begin a conversation about how speech communication and journalism research can be more engaged in Taiwan studies, and how research on Taiwan can be more integrated into these two disciplines.
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