The Politics of Chinese Media: Consensus and Contestation 2018 Edition Contributor(s): Meng, Bingchun (Author) |
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ISBN: 1137462132 ISBN-13: 9781137462138 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Media Studies - Political Science | Public Policy - Cultural Policy |
Dewey: 302.23 |
LCCN: 2017960342 |
Series: China in Transformation |
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.03 lbs) 225 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book offers an analytical account of the consensus and contestations of the politics of Chinese media at both institutional and discursive levels. It considers the formal politics of how the Chinese state manages political communication internally and externally in the post-socialist era, and examines the politics of news media, focusing particularly on how journalists navigate the competing demands of the state, the capital and the urban middle class readership. The book also addresses the politics of entertainment media, in terms of how power operates upon and within media culture, and the politics of digital networks, highlighting how the Internet has become the battlefield of ideological contestation while also shaping how political negotiations are conducted. Bearing in mind the contemporary relevance of China's socialist revolution, this text challenges both the liberal universalist view that presupposes 'the end of history' and various versions of China exceptionalism, which downplay the impact of China's integration into global capitalism. |