Chapter 2. Communication theory and the Western bias

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter DI
2. Contents VII
3. Acknowledgements IX
4. Part 1. Paradigmatic reorientation
5. Chapter 1. The study of non-Western discourse 3
6. Chapter 2. Communication theory and the Western bias 21
7. Chapter 3. Towards multiculturalism in discourse studies 33
8. Chapter 4. Beyond differences in cultural values and modes of communication 49
9. Part 2. The discursive dominance of the West
10. Chapter 5. Reporting the Hong Kong transition: A comparative analysis of news coverage in Europe and Asia 73
11. Chapter 6. The contest over Hong Kong: Revealing the power practices of the Western media 89
12. Chapter 7. Hong Kong’s press freedom: A comparative sociology of Western and Hong Kong’s views 103
13. Part 3. Complexity, diversity and Otherness of non-Western discourse
14. Chapter 8. Unfamiliar voices from the Other: Exploring forms of Otherness in the media discourses of China and Hong Kong 119
15. Chapter 9. Media and metaphor: Exploring the rhetoric in China’s and Hong Kong’s public discourses on Hong Kong and China 139
16. Chapter 10. Voices of missing identity: A study of contemporary Hong Kong literary writings 165
17. Chapter 11. Identity and interactive hypermedia: A discourse analysis of web diaries 177
18. Chapter 12. Narrating Hong Kong history: A critical study of mainland China’s historical discourse from a Hong Kong perspective 197
19. Chapter 13. A nascent paradigm for non-Western discourse studies: An epilogue 211
20. Backmatter 239