This book addresses, as few books in English have, a broad range of topics pertaining to China's expanding media and telecommunications systems. American Chinese experts journalism, communication, government, political science use fieldwork, including participant observations, surveys, in-depth interviews conducted within organizations, provide richly detailed analyses the issues changing face China.

The Chinese press, instead of acting purely as a state propaganda instrument, now functions ‘Party Publicity Inc.’ – that is, quasi-business seeks to make huge profits on the one hand and legitimate Party mandate by promoting its image other. accelerated pace media conglomeration following China's accession World Trade Organization has sharpened this trend. This study examines impact press ecology in Shenzhen, national trend-setter for Inc.’, before after conglomeration. We observe (a)...

In seeking to explain why Shanghai, China's economic capital, has a more timid media system than its sibling cities, we examine the political economy of Shanghai from perspective clientelism in post-Communist and cultural milieus what call “party-market corporatism.” Through field work analyze four aspects clientelism, including conglomeration, elite circulation, resource allocation, (lack of) professionalism.We conclude that is at once “big city” yet “small place:” resource-rich city...

Mass media reflect, and thus reify, social consensus. Foreign policy concerns play a central role in defining accounts of the political world international communication. Focusing on coverage Tiananmen movement China, this case study argues that vital interests United States China were winning ideological victories cold war, whereas Japan's paramount concern was economic gains, hence reluctance to challenge Chinese authorities. A content analysis wire services reportage shows Associated...

In the shadow of globalization, international newsmaking remains inherently ethnocentric, nationalistic, and even state-centered. Major U.S. media frame transfer Hong Kong from British to Chinese sovereignty in terms four dominant ideological packages, that is, United States (a) is a "new guardian" (b) an emerging cold war between West China, whereas will suffer erosion freedom democracy under rule on one hand, (d) be "Trojan horse" spearhead China's political economic change other. sum,...

Part 1 Overview: ambiguities and contradictions - issues in China's changing political communication, Chin-Chuan Lee. 2 Control, change opposition: the role of press post-Mao struggles, Merle Goldman use abuse mass media by Chinese leaders during 1980s, Marlowe Hood legitimacy crisis central information, Carol Lee Hamrin Communist ideology control, Su Shaozhi politics publicitiy reform China, Lowell Dittmer striving for predictability bureaucratization management Hudy Polumbaum oppositional...

Hong Kong's handover has induced self-censorship among the press in order to curry favor with and avoid coercive pressure from China. Based on a comprehensive survey, this article shows that many journalists perceive their colleagues as being afraid criticize China but think of themselves more courageous. Journalists party are systematically different those market-oriented press. However, market-driven “information newspapers” moving toward apoliticization accommodating new sovereign, thus...

The Tiananmen crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in 1989 was a decisive event that has provided an enduring prism for world media to interpret China. This article examines how two of most preeminent U.S. newspapers— New York Times and Washington Post—editorially invoked as “news icon” past twenty years. We contend meanings were reconstructed over years partly but not completely line with changes United States’ policy toward Specifically, symbolized Communist dictatorship initial after...

Focusing on Hong Kong as a unique living laboratory, this pioneering work examines the dynamic interplay of press and power structure in transition. The aligns ideologically organizationally with rift between Kuomintang Chinese Communist Party politics. This volume illustrates, both theoretically empirically, boundaries journalistic paradigms, conditions for paradigm shifts, limits such change. Mass Media Political Transition provides framework base line comparative studies that explore role...

This study challenges the ruling orthodoxy that foreign news tends to be reported in divergent ways, reflecting interests and identity of home nation. Instead it concludes Greek US elections 2012 were very similar ways leading media five countries located different continents. In case Chinese election, there striking affinities reporting four out countries. Powerful forces make for global conformity include dominance a small number international agencies, emergence transnational journalistic...

This article analyzes how the media from People's Republic of China, Taiwan and Hong Kong constructed their respective narratives about handover - based on institutional configurations, relevance story to home constituencies, conventions news-making cultural repertoire which they drew make event intelligible. Domesticating a global reflects reproduces each society as discursive community; in defining moment like this, bind through shared ways interpretations expression.

The state in China has sought to bureaucratize media management even though control remains tight. Further, economic reform unleashed a momentum sufficiently robust loosen part of that control. Media messages the age new technology may be averted, compromised, and resisted larger extent. Given crumbling other Communist regimes increasing interaction with Hong Kong Taiwan, PRC's stand at threshold significant change. post-Cold War era demands conceptual frameworks richly contextualized ‘thick...

Focusing on the global media coverage of Hong Kong's transfer from Britain to China, Global Media Spectacle explores how world plan, operate, compete, and produce a historical record during significant events.

In the post-Tiananmen and post-Cold War era, China has not only lost its strategic alliance with US against Soviet Union, but stepped in to be seen as US's imagined enemy. The New York Times 's discourse about policy from 1990 2000 consisted of three "ideological packages": containment, engagement, globalization, which represented different variations on same ideological theme peaceful evolution. elite media is characterized "established pluralism". First, it represents a plurality...

Journal Article The United States as Seen through the People's Daily Get access Chin-Chuan Lee 1Chin-Chuan will be Associate Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication at University Minnesota in late 1981. He is a Lecturer Chinese Hong Kong Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Communication, Volume 31, Issue 4, December 1981, Pages 92–101, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.1981.tb00453.x Published: 07 February 2006

This article examines how the New York Times and Washington Post have in past two decades presented discourses of anniversary journalism to commemorate Tiananmen Square crackdown fall Berlin Wall, both which occurred 1989 had global implications. These events ideologically signified failure Communism victory West. However, they posed different challenges U.S.-orchestrated “new world order.” Insofar as was remembered an “unfinished revolution” fell within “sphere legitimated controversy,”...

China’s economic liberalization reforms and quest for global status have raised concerns over ideological inconsistencies (the adoption of market economy is discrepant from avowed belief in socialism) image problems world that China wants to embrace perceives her as a menace). Official media discourse makes frequent reference globalization uses it manage the bolster image. These discursive functions, though related discourse’s meaning-making are sufficiently distinct latter merit their own...

AbstractThe Olympic Games are one of the most popular global mega-media events. However, ways in which opening 2012 London were reported varied significantly from country to another. In order compare how different countries represented this event, we conducted a qualitative discourse analysis three days television news coverage 10 channels five countries: United States, China, Japan, Germany, and Kingdom. We explored whether locations, political systems, systems affect same event is...

China has regularly claimed to have been intentionally and systematically misrepresented by Western media. That said, their general characterization of is said see improvement with the initial impetus coming from Beijing’s hosting Olympic Games in 2008. China’s representation media now entered what many observers considered be an ‘age uncertainty’, it differs greatly projected self-image. This study examines US, UK versus Chinese coverage ‘China’s rise’ 2009 2017. Our analysis entails a 2.2...

This article explores the liberating and empowering potential of social theories for China's authoritarian-bureaucratic journalistic practices. By relating them to empirical studies, it analyzes sociology knowledge-cognitive interests, positions politico-economic contexts-of (a) liberal-pluralism, (b) reformist Chinese ''Old Left'' 1980s (c) radical-critical ''New 1990s. These converge on central importance democratizing party-state, but diverge role market in this process. While liberals...