The Ideological Construction Of Taiwan’s Sovereignty In Online Encyclopedia

International communication has always been one of the most important topic in the field of communication.And currently the rapid development of Internet brings China another chance of improving our influence internationally.Stepped into the millennium,online encyclopedia,especially Wikipedia,has become an important window of people learning new things.On the other hand,compared to professional media such as BBC and CNN,online encyclopedia does not need expensive and long-term investment due to its low entering threshold and the nature of grass roots.Therefore,online encyclopedia should be attached great importance to its value of international communication.Despite that online encyclopedia is a very good way to improve our say on the international stage,we have not paid it enough attention as we should for a very long time.On one hand,people neglected tons of unfavorable content on Wikipedia.On the other hand,many people didn’t see how languages could influence people’s minds.But in fact,as online encyclopedia has greatly involved in people’s way of learning new things,also along with its worldwide popularity,it will play an important role in building up a favorable image for China among other countries.Particularly,Wikipedia covers more areas globally than Baidu Baike.For the above reasons,it is essential to study what should and should not talk about on Wikipedia and how to talk about it referring to Baidu Baike’s experience.This essay takes "Taiwan" article as an example,exploring how Wikipedia and Baidu Baike construct people’s minds from the perspective of language,role and organization.With the analysis,some suggestions were given according to the above observation,especially for Wikipedia.Through discourse analysis of "Taiwan" article on both platforms,the paper concluded how to improve its vocabulary,grammar and discourse.After statistical judgment sampling for different editors on both platforms,it is considered that organizing senior users,tracking hot discussed topic and improving the quality of related articles are all essential.After analyzing how the two platforms operate,the paper attaches great importance to familiarity of the rules.Besides,the paper gives out suggestions about how to use the rules and tools to track active users and how to take advantage of Wikipedia’s artificial intelligence so as to be more effective.In conclusion,International communication does not equal to eulogize and declaration of sovereignty does not lead to the use of force.By strengthening our voice proactively,taking the full use of internet media and civil resources,it will be great help to our international communication.Wikipedia is just a great example.After all,defend sovereignty and increase our say on the international stage through the power of language is a better way than employ force in peacetime.