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Title: | Jacinda Ardern and the limits of gender on the Chinese-language Internet : a critical discourse analysis |
Authors: | Peng, Altman Yuzhu Talmacs, Nicole |
Keywords: | Ardern, Jacinda, 1980- Democratization Women politicians Social media -- China |
Issue Date: | 2022 |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group |
Citation: | Peng, A. Y., & Talmacs, N. (2022). Jacinda Ardern and the limits of gender on the Chinese-language Internet: a critical discourse analysis. Feminist Media Studies, 1-17. |
Abstract: | This article explores Chinese Internet users’ discussions about Jacinda Ardern’s maternity leave in the wake of her being elected as the Prime Minister of New Zealand, based on an analysis of postings retrieved from the most popular Chinese community question-answering (CQA) site—Zhihu. Drawing on critical discourse analysis (CDA), with the assistance of content analysis (CA), we reveal that Zhihu users’ assessments of Ardern’s electoral success are of a gendered divide in which women and men largely constitute the opposing opinion camps. In particular, male Internet users chiefly direct the discussion, attempting to rationalise the unsuitability of female politicians in Western-style democratic elections. In this process, they also legitimise the return of patriarchal orders to China, reflecting a domestic orientation of their engagement with international politics. The research findings shed light on the gender-politics nexus established in Chinese-language social media discourses |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/108349 |
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