How China's State Media uses Culture and Art to Reshape Collective Memory and Identity - A Case Study of China Daily

Abstract

In the context of the deep integration of globalization and digitalization, the function of state media, has become increasingly prominent in reshaping collective memory and strengthening national identity with the help of cultural and artistic means. Based on the three-layer analytical framework of "symbol production, memory construction, and identity", this paper systematically discusses the cultural communication practice path of China's state media based on the three-layer analytical framework of "symbol production, memory construction, and identity", combined with cultural memory theory, media ritual theory and identity theory. In the end, the role of the state media has changed from historical recorders to memory translators, forming a Chinese communication model of cultural and technological integration, and providing a practical paradigm for the generation of cultural self-confidence and the dissemination of new forms of human civilization.