Author(s)

Yimeng Zheng

Corresponding Author

Yimeng Zheng

Abstract

The Lockdown: One Month in Wuhan, who was released by CGTN (China Global Television Network), as a panoramic documentary on the battle against “Covid-19”, has evoked worldwide repercussions, therefore provided a successful example of news documentaries in public emergencies. This paper tries to analyze the innovation of this work in three aspects: communication characteristic, perspective selection and narrative style, so as to explore its successful experience in international communication.

Keywords

“covid-19”, Public emergencies, Documentaries, Pseudo environment