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Media Commercialization and Authoritarian Rule in China (Communication, Society and Politics) Illustrated Edition, Kindle Edition

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In most liberal democracies commercialized media is taken for granted, but in many authoritarian regimes the introduction of market forces in the media represents a radical break from the past with uncertain political and social implications. In Media Commercialization and Authoritarian Rule in China, Daniela Stockmann argues that the consequences of media marketization depend on the institutional design of the state. In one-party regimes such as China, market-based media promote regime stability rather than destabilizing authoritarianism or bringing about democracy. By analyzing the Chinese media, Stockmann ties trends of market liberalism in China to other authoritarian regimes in the Middle East, North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa and the post-Soviet region. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Chinese journalists and propaganda officials as well as more than 2000 newspaper articles, experiments and public opinion data sets, this book links censorship among journalists with patterns of media consumption and the media's effects on public opinion.
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  4. Publication date
    December 17, 2012
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    Communication, Society and Politics
  6. Language
    English
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"Apart from cogent theorization that spans across several social science disciplines and a coherent theoretical framework that summarizes the insights of the work, the range of the original and secondary data and quality of data analysis make this work an excellent example of mixed methods and interdisciplinary research. The broad application of theories from other social science disciplines will be an inspiring example for scholars with similar interests. Stockmann's detailed accounts of data collection, as well as her discussions of data quality and its effects on inference, will be valuable for both graduate students and junior scholars."
Dan Chen, Journal of Chinese Political Science

"Daniela Stockmann's Media Commercialization and Authoritarian Rule in China is a superb, comprehensive, and multi-method analysis of the introduction of market forces in Chinese media. By communicating from the bottom up as well as from the top down, Stockmann argues that market-based media provide regime stability rather than simply a democratizing force for change in China. She enriches our understanding of China's dynamic media environment by making cogent comparisons to trends in other authoritarian regimes. These comparisons reveal the importance of institutional factors in determining the impact of media commercialization."
Ann N. Crigler, University of Southern California

"… a significant contribution to the literature on changing media-state relations in China. Readers of the book should find their reading time well spent."
Francis L. F. Lee, Pacific Affairs

About the Author

Daniela Stockmann is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Leiden University. She received a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and an M.A. in Chinese Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. Her research on political communication and public opinion in China has been published in Comparative Political Studies, Political Communication, The China Quarterly, and the Chinese Journal of Communication, among others. Her 2006 conference paper on the Chinese media and public opinion received an award in Political Communication from the American Political Science Association.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00ADP73XO
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cambridge University Press; Illustrated edition (December 17, 2012)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 17, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 5415 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Up to 4 simultaneous devices, per publisher limits
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 359 pages
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T. Carlsson
2.0 out of 5 stars Thesis warning
Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2017
As far as I can tell from a brief perusal of the author’s homepage, this book seems to draw a lot of material directly from her PhD thesis. I could not find the entire thesis online for free so I did not conduct a direct comparison, but I would guess that a lot of text has been copied directly from the thesis to this book. The style is vapid, as most theses tend to be. The author has read a lot of earlier studies and is anxious to cite them all, but she is unable to link her own research to the broader contexts of Chinese politics. It was unclear for me throughout the book what the purpose of this research was. Now that I’ve finished the book, the only conclusion I can remember is that the authoritarian party machine exercises partial control over the media, and that the party benefits from keeping it only partial. That is a poor haul from a 260-page book.

I don’t really understand why this book was published. Experts in Chinese media studies could just as well read the author’s PhD thesis, and there is very little material in it which would be of interest to a broader reading public. Although the author writes flawless English, she needs more practice on how to write an argument for a general audience. That would require more background context, brevity and focus, but also broader conclusions which provide the opportunity to link this book to one's previous knowledge about China. This book is weak on all four counts, so it isn't very good. The author could well be writing great books on Chinese politics a decade from now, but this one unfortunately reads like a beginner’s work.
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Garrie van Pinxteren
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book on Chinese media
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 23, 2013
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Stockmann has insightfully combined numerous personal interviews with relevant statistical material to come to a surprising conclusion. The commercialization of the media in China has not undermined the credibility of the party-state, but has instead served as a stabilizing factor for the rule of the communist party in China. Well-written, entertaining, surprising and a real treasure-trove of very recent information about Chinese media and about how they function under authoritarian rule. Highly recommended both for people interested in China and for those interested in media. Real value for money.
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