‘새로운 영웅’과 ‘의심받는 타자’: 중국 수영선수 판잔러(Pan Zhanle)에 대한 한국과 중국 미디어 보도/재현 양상과 방식에 대한 비교 연구
A New Hero' and ‘The Suspected Other’: A Comparative Study on the Media Representation of Chinese Swimmer Pan Zhanle in South Korea and China
This study examines how Korean and Chinese media represented Pan Zhanle, the Chinese swimmer who set a world record at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Using a critical reading of media reports published after August 1, 2024, the study compares the dominant narratives constructed in the two countries. The findings show that Korean media portrayed Pan Zhanle through a dual frame: as an Asian athlete who broke Western dominance in swimming, but also as a suspicious Chinese athlete associated with doping allegations. In contrast, Chinese media represented Pan’s achievement as a symbol of national pride, China’s rising soft power, and the emergence of the East in a Western-dominated sport. Overall, this study argues that the same sports figure was reconstructed differently according to each country’s social and cultural context, revealing how sports media discourse produces nationalism, othering, and cultural identity. This study examines how Korean and Chinese media represented Pan Zhanle, the Chinese swimmer who set a world record at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Using a critical reading of media reports published after August 1, 2024, the study compares the dominant narratives constructed in the two countries. The findings show that Korean media portrayed Pan Zhanle through a dual frame: as an Asian athlete who broke Western dominance in swimming, but also as a suspicious Chinese athlete associated with doping allegations. In contrast, Chinese media represented Pan’s achievement as a symbol of national pride, China’s rising soft power, and the emergence of the East in a Western-dominated sport. Overall, this study argues that the same sports figure was reconstructed differently according to each country’s social and cultural context, revealing how sports media discourse produces nationalism, othering, and cultural identity.
동북아시아문화학회 [The Association of North-east Asian Cultures]
설립연도
2000
분야
복합학>학제간연구
소개
동북아시아 문화의 다양성과 정체성을 연구 토론하고, 지역내 문화 교류의 다양한 모습을 연구하고 문화변동의 큰 틀을 집적함으로써 우리 민족 문화 및 상대 민족의 문화적 터전을 이해하여 문화공동체적 특성을 계발하고 상호 관련성의 강화를 유도하는 학술활동을 통해 동북아시아의 문화발전에 이바지함.