A Diachronic Study on China’s News Discourse of Space Science

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62517/jnme.202610305

Author(s)

Linxi Ouyang, Hui Dai*

Affiliation(s)

School of Foreign Languages, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China *Corresponding Author

Abstract

Space science serves as core strategic underpinning for national technological innovation frameworks, and relevant journal news coverage concerning this field has gone through a visible evolutionary shift in narrative construction. While prior academic works mostly revolve around aerospace anecdotes and technical descriptions, comprehensive research sorting out the evolving rules and developmental paths of such news narration is still insufficiently explored. From the 2000–2025 records of CNKI’s China Core Newspaper Database, the research establishes a medium-scale corpus and launches empirical investigation via the combination of quantitative keyword measurement and qualitative case analysis of source texts. Empirical findings illustrate how domestic space science media coverage departs from early narration focused solely on project accomplishments, evolving into a compound framework that ties technical feats to everyday public welfare; livelihood-oriented storytelling gains steady visibility and matures into a fixed expressive format. The study expands available analytical outlooks in the fields of space science narration and science communication, which can guide real-world inclusive and populace-oriented science communication activities amid the current social backdrop.

Keywords

News Discourse; Space Science; Corpus; Keyword Measurement; Empirical Investigation

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