City images in transnational travel vlogs from a multimodal perspective: an investigation of 20 port cities worldwide

Chen Sitian; Zang Yinglei; Yang Ping

doi:10.1515/omgc-2023-0034

Online Media and Global Communication (Mar 2024)

City images in transnational travel vlogs from a multimodal perspective: an investigation of 20 port cities worldwide

Chen Sitian,
Zang Yinglei,
Yang Ping

Affiliations

Chen Sitian: School of Journalism and Communication, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China
Zang Yinglei: School of German Languages, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany
Yang Ping: Department of Communication and Theatre, 5482Millersville University, Millersville, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/omgc-2023-0034
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 82 – 107

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This paper aims to analyze how vloggers use interactions of different modalities in transnational travel vlogs on YouTube to draw audiences’ attentions, as well as the impact of the socio-cultural context on the discourse of these vlogs and the represented city images.

Published in Online Media and Global Communication

ISSN: 2749-9049 (Online)
Publisher: De Gruyter
Country of publisher: Germany
LCC subjects: Language and Literature: Philology. Linguistics: Communication. Mass media
Website: https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/omgc/html

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