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A Multimodal Discourse Analysis of New Media Marketing in Quanzhou’s Cultural Tourism: A Case Study of the “Zayton Funget” Program on WeChat Channels

Yuming Liu

Guangxi Minzu University, Nanning 530000, Guangxi, China.

*Corresponding author: Yuming Liu

Published: May 19, 2026

Abstract

In recent years, in the wave of cultural tourism in which all parts of the country are striving to build trending cities, Quanzhou has benefited from its signature titles—“World Heritage City” and “the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road”, and has ushered in a cultural tourism boom. Local cultural tourism resources are gradually gaining wide online attention and popularity. Against the background of thriving information technology, new media have become an integral bridge for people to communicate with each other around the world. The study is an attempt to explore the development of new media marketing discourse of cultural tourism by employing multimodal discourse analysis. The object under analysis was the “Zayton Funget” video series on WeChat channels, with language mode, visual mode, and auditory modes examined in detail. It is hoped to provide more suggestions for the new media marketing of Quanzhou cultural tourism and promote its upward and promising development.

Keyword

Cultural tourism; new media marketing; multimodal discourse analysis

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How to cite this paper

A Multimodal Discourse Analysis of New Media Marketing in Quanzhou’s Cultural Tourism: A Case Study of the “Zayton Funget” Program on WeChat Channels

How to cite this paper: Yuming Liu. (2026) A Multimodal Discourse Analysis of New Media Marketing in Quanzhou’s Cultural Tourism: A Case Study of the “Zayton Funget” Program on WeChat Channels. Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Science10(5), 533-537.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/jhass.2026.05.004