Global Media Spectacle: News War Over Hong Kong [Paperback]

Joseph Man Chan (Author), Chin-Chuan Lee (Editor, Contributor), Zhongdang Pan (Contributor), Clement Y. K. So (Contributor), Clement Y.K. So (Contributor)

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Publication Date: October 2002 | ISBN-10: 079145472X | ISBN-13: 978-0791454725

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.

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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. Punctuated with witty and incisive examples, the book provides a useful --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Chin-Chuan Lee is Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota and Director of the China Times Center for Media and Social Studies. In the School of Journalism and Communication, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Joseph Man Chan is Professor and Clement Y. K. So is Associate Professor. Zhongdang Pan is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin, Madison. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 290 pages
• Publisher: State University of New York Press (October 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 079145472X
• ISBN-13: 978-0791454725
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #533,648 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #18 in Books > History > Asia > Hong Kong

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4.0 out of 5 stars Academic Analysis of Media Coverage, January 18, 2012

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This review is from: Global Media Spectacle: News War Over Hong Kong (Paperback)

This book is drawn from an academic study of the media coverage of the handover of Hong Kong from British rule to China. It is well done and features a very thorough, step-by-step explanation of the dominant news paradigms employed by media from various nations, including the US, Australia, China, Japan and the UK. The authors demonstrate how political power influences point of view in news coverage, using the handover as an illustration of the processes at work.

As might be expected, the text can be dry at times and wordy. However, the book provides the best example I have found of the ways that geopolitical issues impact news coverage and I plan to use this book as a teaching text for a graduate course I am teaching called Media Advocacy in the Global Public Sphere.

The book was written in 2002, so be advised that it does not include an analysis of social media such as Facebook and Twitter, as these formats did not exist at the time of the handover. It is clear to me, however, that connections can easily be drawn between news coverage via traditional media in 1997 (the year of the handover) and the way that news coverage works today, in 2012.

Recommended as a teaching text, whether for yourself only or with others.