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China's media, media's China

Author: Jinquan Li
Publisher: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1994.
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In this richly textured volume, leading scholars and journalists engage in a unique dialogue in their exploration of the rapidly evolving conditions of political communication in China. The contributors begin by considering the bureaucratization of media control within the context of economic reform, addressing such questions as: How were the media used and abused to uphold, undermine, and save the regime's  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
China's media, media's China.
Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1994
(OCoLC)624478162
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Jinquan Li
ISBN: 0813388007 9780813388007
OCLC Number: 29753757
Description: ix, 340 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: I. Overview. Ambiguities and contradictions : issues in China's changing political communication / Chin-Chuan Lee. II. Control, change, and opposition. The role of the press in post-Mao political struggles / Merle Goldman --
The use and abuse of mass media by Chinese leaders during the 1980s / Marlowe Hood --
China's legitimacy crisis : the central role of information / Carol Lee Hamrin --
Chinese communist ideology and media control / Su Shaozhi --
The politics of publicity in reform China / Lowell Dittmer --
Striving for predictability : the bureaucratization of media management in China / Judy Polumbaum --
The oppositional decoding of China's Leninist media / Edward Friedman --
Press control in "new China" and "old China" / Lu Keng --
Sparking a fire : the press and the ferment of democratic change in Taiwan / Chin-Chuan Lee. III. Ideology, knowledge, and professionalism. The American correspondent in China / Michel Oksenberg --
The historical fate of "objective reporting" in China / Li Liangrong --
Fighting against the odds : Hong Kong journalists in transition / Joseph Man Chan, Chin-Chuan Lee, and Paul Siu-nam Lee --
Frost on the mirror : an American understanding of China in the cold war era / Edward Farmer --
Push and pull : a Chinese-American journalist's "home journeys" / Wendy S. Tai --
The Voice of America and China / David Hess --
U.S. media coverage of the cultural revolution : a postscript / Hsaio Ching-chang and Yang Mei-rong.
Responsibility: edited by Chin-Chuan Lee.

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In this richly textured volume, leading scholars and journalists engage in a unique dialogue in their exploration of the rapidly evolving conditions of political communication in China. The contributors begin by considering the bureaucratization of media control within the context of economic reform, addressing such questions as: How were the media used and abused to uphold, undermine, and save the regime's legitimacy? How were they decoded in popular resistance, especially in the age of new technology? How does Communist control compare to Nationalist control - both on the mainland prior to 1949 and on Taiwan afterward? What is the relevance of the Taiwan experience to understanding changes in China's media? The contributors go on to examine how ideology, the available body of knowledge, and professional roles affect both scholarly and journalistic understanding of China. They strive to answer a second set of questions: How has the cold war shaped the picture Westerners have constructed of China? What impact do the U.S. media have on Chinese politics, and what sort of new challenges does the U.S. journalist face in China? In light of the checkered history of "objective" reporting in China, how do Hong Kong journalists attempt to protect press freedom during the political transition? Bringing together a wide-ranging group of experts, including media scholars, historians, political scientists, journalists, and policymakers, this book is both pathbreaking and thought-provoking. Offering fresh insights into Chinese journalism and Sino-American relations, this volume will be important reading for students, scholars, and the general reader.

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