Author(s)

Nan Ding ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ College of Foreign Languages, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, 266071, China

Corresponding Author

Nan Ding

ABSTRACT

This study focuses on "German teenagers' use of Tiktok" (hereinafter "Tiktok") and "German teenagers' use of Youtube" (hereinafter "Youtube") as themes, based on a self-constructed corpus of Süddeutsche Zeitung reports from December 2018 to November 2023. The article adopts the method of critical discourse analysis, comparing the obtained data in terms of word frequency and index line analysis, and analysing the similarities and differences in the attitudinal tendencies presented by the Süddeutsche Zeitung when reporting on the two topics. The critical discourse analysis was carried out using a dialectical-relational approach, with a four-stage approach to constructing the analytical framework: Stage 1, the symbolic perspective when observing social defects; Stage 2, the obstacles to solving social defects; Stage 3, the necessity of exploring the defects in the process of social functioning; and Stage 4, the methods of solving the defects. The study found that the Süddeutsche Zeitung showed some differences in word frequency and index line comparisons when reporting on the two topics of "German teenagers using ShakeMe" and "German teenagers using tubes", and that this difference was partly related to the Chinese ShakeMe platform's foreign propaganda image and the media's political stance. This difference is partly related to the foreign propaganda image of the Chinese Shakeology platform and the Subscribe to DeepL Pro to edit this document. Visit www.DeepL.com/pro for more information. 2 political position of the media. The Süddeutsche Zeitung used a more negative tone when reporting on "German teenagers' use of ShakeEn", focusing on the problems and threats of teenagers' use of ShakeEn and ignoring the favourable effects of ShakeEn on teenagers; on the contrary, when reporting on "German teenagers' use of tubing", the media used a more negative tone when reporting on "German teenagers' use of tubing". On the contrary, when reporting on "German teenagers' use of tubing", more positive examples are reported and a positive tone is used. This study aims to shed light on the construction of China's foreign propaganda image and the development of the Internet. It is worth noting that the size of the corpus also affects the credibility of the conclusions, and the scope of this study's selfconstructed corpus is limited.

KEYWORDS

Critical discourse analysis; corpus; discourse comparison; German mainstream media; Tiktok; Youtube

CITE THIS PAPER

Nan Ding, The Use of Tiktok by German Teenagers—Corpus-based Critical Discourse Analysis of Süddeutsche Zeitung Reports. Lecture Notes on Language and Literature (2024) Vol. 7: 121-127. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/langl.2024.070221.

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