This is an astonishingly close look at the intertwining nature of the Communist Party and the news media in China, how they affect each other, and what the future might hold for each. Zhao interviewed a wide range of scholars, media administrators, and media professionals.
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James Curran observes that the Soviet media before Gorbachev "was at times more restricted in theory than is actual practice (thus reversing the pattern of the West where the media has long been more restricted in practice than in theory). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
xianxiang saomiao, commercialized outlets, commercialization without independence, news media reform, paid journalism, mouthpiece theory, economic radio, amateur correspondents, peasant papers, journalism reform, journalism circles, news media system, media reform movement, broadcasting bureau, special interest newspapers, commercialized sector, specialized stations, technocratic movement, broadcast reform, positive propaganda, broadcast sector, foreign news services, ooo yuan, weekend editions, small raindrops Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
People's Daily, East Radio, Beijing Youth News, Hong Kong, Cultural Revolution, News Commentary Department, Party's Propaganda Department, East Television, Liberation Daily, State Council, Ministry of Radio, News Center, Shanghai Broadcasting Bureau, Shanghai East, United States, Deng Xiaoping, Guangdong People's Radio, Living Space, Party Central Committee, Youth League, Guangming Daily, Gan Xifen, Jiang Zemin, Radio Free Asia, Yang Weiguang New!
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James Curran observes that the Soviet media before Gorbachev "was at times more restricted in theory than is actual practice (thus reversing the pattern of the West where the media has long been more restricted in practice than in theory). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
xianxiang saomiao, commercialized outlets, commercialization without independence, news media reform, paid journalism, mouthpiece theory, economic radio, amateur correspondents, peasant papers, journalism reform, journalism circles, news media system, media reform movement, broadcasting bureau, special interest newspapers, commercialized sector, specialized stations, technocratic movement, broadcast reform, positive propaganda, broadcast sector, foreign news services, ooo yuan, weekend editions, small raindrops Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
People's Daily, East Radio, Beijing Youth News, Hong Kong, Cultural Revolution, News Commentary Department, Party's Propaganda Department, East Television, Liberation Daily, State Council, Ministry of Radio, News Center, Shanghai Broadcasting Bureau, Shanghai East, United States, Deng Xiaoping, Guangdong People's Radio, Living Space, Party Central Committee, Youth League, Guangming Daily, Gan Xifen, Jiang Zemin, Radio Free Asia, Yang Weiguang New!
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- Far Eastern Economic Review on 5 pages
- Voices of China: The Interplay of Politics and Journalism by Chin-Chuan Lee on 5 pages
- Mass Communication by Curran on 4 pages
- Mass Media and Society by Michael Gurevitch on 4 pages
- Understanding News (Studies in Culture and Communication) by John Hartley on 4 pages
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- Chinese Media, Global Contexts (Routledge Studies in Asia's Transformations) by Lee Chin-Chuan on 4 pages
- Consuming China: Approaches to Cultural Change in Contemporary China (ConsumAsian Series) by Kevin Latham on page 103, and page 120
- Investigated Reporting: Muckrakers, Regulators, and the Struggle over Television Documentary (History of Communication) by Chad Raphael in Back Matter
- The Consumer Trap: BIG BUSINESS MARKETING IN AMERICAN LIFE (History of Communication) by Michael Dawson in Back Matter
- State and Society in 21st Century China: Crisis, Contention and Legitimation (Asia's Transformations) by Peter Hays Gries in Front Matter
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