| Global Media Spectacle: News War over Hong Kong Contributor(s): Lee, Chin-Chuan (Author), Chan, Joseph Man (Author), Pan, Zhongdang (Author) |
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ISBN: 079145472X ISBN-13: 9780791454725 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2002 Annotation: Focusing on the global media coverage of Hong Kong's transfer from Britain to China, Global Media Spectacle explores how the world media plans, operates, competes, and produces a historical record during significant global events. The authors interviewed seventy-six print and television reporters from the United States, Britain, the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Australia, Canada, and Japan to delve into the revealing world of writing first drafts of history from reporters' vantage points. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Journalism - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies |
| Dewey: 070.43 |
| LCCN: 2001054156 |
| Series: Suny Global Media Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6.02" W x 9.1" (0.88 lbs) 270 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Focusing on the global media coverage of Hong Kong's transfer from Britain to China, Global Media Spectacle explores how the world media plan, operate, compete, and produce a historical record during significant global events. The authors interviewed seventy-six print and television reporters from the United States, Britain, the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Australia, Canada, and Japan to delve into the revealing world of writing first drafts of history from reporters' vantage points. Punctuated with witty and incisive examples, the book provides a useful description of contestation and alliance, themes and variations, and convergence and divergence between and within various blocs of nations. |