China's development from a traditional society to a technologically
advanced, completely modern republic has been extraordinarily
rapid. Due to developments since the mid-1980s, Chinese daily life
for many has jumped directly from that constrained by an
agricultural economy to that liberated by the information age. In
Perspectives on Communication in the People's Republic of China,
James A. Schnell chronicles these changes and their impact on mass
communication. He looks closely at Chinese newspaper reports and
television programs and listens to government officials and people
in the street, providing readers with an insider's view of the
current state of communication in China, from the political to the
personal.
Grouped under the major categories of politics, education, and
health are observations gleaned from Schnell's nine visits to China
as a visiting scholar and military attache Ethnographic case
studies are supported by examples from the media and supplemented
with extensive references. Schnell concludes his fascinating look
at contemporary China with an examination of cross-cultural
communication on the most sophisticated level: that between
President Clinton and Chinese officials during Clinton's 1998
visit. This book is must reading for students of Asian studies with
an interest in communications and is ideal supplementary reading
for courses in both communications and Asian studies.
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