The Chinese Journalist : Mediating Information in the World's Most Populous Country.
Material type: TextPublisher: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2003Copyright date: ©2003Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (265 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780203323267Subject(s): Journalism -- China -- History -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Chinese Journalist : Mediating Information in the World's Most Populous CountryDDC classification: 079.510904 LOC classification: PN5364 -- .D4 2005ebOnline resources: Click to ViewBook Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Chronology -- Notes on the text -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The inheritance -- 3 Media characteristics -- 4 The burden of the past I: from Yanan to the great proletarian Cultural Revolution -- 5 The burden of the past II: from the Cultural Revolution to the Tiananmen massacre -- 6 The political context for journalism today -- 7 The patriot journalists -- 8 The journalist as tribune -- 9 Becoming a journalist -- 10 Who do they think they are? -- 11 Making news: a case study -- 12 Conclusion: beliefs and practices, myths and realities -- Appendix A: glossary of names and terms -- Appendix B: Chinese glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
The Chinese Journalist provides an intriguing introduction to Chinese journalists and their roles within society for both students of Media and Asian Studies. The book initially offers a background history of journalists and the media in Communist China before examining the origins and development of Chinese journalism in the nineteenth century.
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