Journal article
A Fraught Exchange? U.S. Media on Chinese International Undergraduates and the American University
Journal of studies in international education, Vol.18(4), pp.382-397
09/01/2014
DOI: 10.1177/1028315313479852
Abstract
In this article, we analyze the U.S. media discourse on Chinese international undergraduate students, the largest international student group since 2009. The discourse describes a market exchange, but reveals a struggle between: on the one hand, "a fair exchange"-between excellent Chinese students and world-class American liberal education; and, on the other hand, a "faltering exchange"-between ethically suspect and inassimilable Chinese students and a mercenary and possibly mediocre American university. We argue that this media reporting builds on long-standing seemingly contradictory images of an alluring China market and a threatening "Yellow Peril." We suggest that this media contest indexes the challenges of campus internationalization; just as the media questions real value on both sides of the exchange, so too is the campus encounter fragile and fraught.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A Fraught Exchange? U.S. Media on Chinese International Undergraduates and the American University
- Creators
- Nancy Abelmann - University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignJiyeon Kang - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of studies in international education, Vol.18(4), pp.382-397
- DOI
- 10.1177/1028315313479852
- ISSN
- 1028-3153
- eISSN
- 1552-7808
- Publisher
- Sage
- Number of pages
- 16
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/2014
- Academic Unit
- Communication Studies
- Record Identifier
- 9984309653202771
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