Wuhans City Image in Western Media during COVID-19

—Take the Los Angeles Times as an Example

Ye Jing

Abstract： During the epidemic， Wuhan has become the focus of attention of the worlds media as COVID-19s outbreak. The shaping of Wuhan city image by Western media is not only a reflection of the objective reality， but also a statement between different cultures 《The Los Angeles Times attitude towards Wuhan is mainly negative. American cultural values are the core reason for this phenomenon. The practice of journalism is the result of American news values》 The Los Angeles Times always takes its usual Western news values as the judgment perspective of news events， and hides it behind the seemingly objective reports through the setting of topics. By analyzing all the reports about Wuhan， we can find that the news values that lead to the formation of Wuhans negative image include not only the subjective desire of cold war thinking， but also the inevitable misreading caused by individualism and original sin consciousness.

Key words： COVID-19; Los Angeles Times; Wuhans image; News value

摘 要：疫情期間，武汉作为新冠疫情爆发地成为世界各国媒体的关注重点。西方媒体对武汉

作者简介：叶婧，女，1999 年 11 月出生，浙江台州人。中南财经政法大学新闻与文化传播学院。

文章引用：叶婧.新冠疫情期间西方媒体中的武汉城市形象——以《洛杉矶时报》为例[J].中国新闻评论，2021，2（2）： 31-42.

https：//doi.org/10.35534/cnr.0202003

城市形象的塑造不仅是对客观现实的反映，也是不同文化之间的言说。《洛杉矶时报》对武汉的报道态度整体以负面为主，美国文化价值观是这一现象形成的核心原因，表现在新闻实践领域则是美国新闻价值观的结果。《洛杉矶时报》始终以其惯有的西方新闻价值观作为新闻事件的评判视角，并通过议题的设置将其隐藏在看似客观的报道背后。分析所有涉汉报道可以发现， 导致武汉负面形象形成的新闻价值观既包括冷战思维的主观欲求，又包括个人主义、原罪意识导致的必然误读。

关键词：新冠疫情;《洛杉矶时报》;武汉;形象构建;新闻价值观

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新冠疫情已成为世纪性全球灾难，至今仍在延续。武汉是疫情爆发地，也是中国疫情的震中。自武汉首次报道出现不明原因肺炎之日起，有关武汉疫情、中国疫情的报道就成为世界媒体关 注的焦点。媒体作为反映新闻事件的多面镜，在不同阶段呈现出不同的报道特点，实现他者与 自我的形象构建，折射出表象背后的文化价值差异与冲突。

一、《洛杉矶时报》涉汉报道梳理

本文选取《洛杉矶时报》为研究对象，在其官网以“Wuhan”为……