Critical discourse analysis of Covid-19 reporting in the international press : the case of USA and China

Abstract EN

The present paper uses critical discourse analysis (CDA) in the analysis of political social actors in media report news of the Corona virus in 2020.

It examine texts of two news articles from two international newspapers: 'The New York Times and China Daily'.

This paper aims to highlight the clash in patterns' interpretations among the selected newspapers.

Particularly, the latter foreground the origin, evolution and spread of the Covid-19 which has appeared in Wuhan (China).

By contrast, the different interpretations of the two newspapers lead to discursive clash between US and Chinese social actors.

The findings of this study suggest that news reports on the Corona virus based on biased patterns.

Therefore, they are influenced by political and economic orientations and also liberal and communist ideological motifs.