Research on the Symbolic Mechanism of Constructing National Identity in Sports Event Ceremony Communication

  • Chunyang Li

Abstract

Based on the classical theories of communication, semiotics and cultural anthropology, using the research methods of literature study, text analysis, induction and deduction, this paper makes a theoretical exploration on the symbolic mechanism of constructing national identity in sports events under the concept of ceremony communication. The research holds that ceremony communication can provide another paradigm for us to research sports event communication. Sports event ceremony communication includes two kinds of ceremonies and two communication fields, which provides an important identity space for modern countries. Among them, symbols always run through the sports event ceremony communication, and its mechanism of constructing national identity is as follows: the symbol system function of sports event ceremony communication is not only information transmission, but also symbolic construction of symbol meaning; In the sports events ceremony communication, once a single or combined symbol is connected with the country, it has the meaning of the country, and it becomes a national symbol that can represent the country through metonymy function; National symbols can arouse people’s collective memory and emotion towards the country, and make people anchor the reference of symbols as “identity, collective, nation and country”. At the same time, people can realize the spiritual image of “national community” by means of imagination, thus completing the construction of national identity.

How to Cite
Chunyang Li. (1). Research on the Symbolic Mechanism of Constructing National Identity in Sports Event Ceremony Communication. Forest Chemicals Review, 709-720. Retrieved from http://forestchemicalsreview.com/index.php/JFCR/article/view/1161
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