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Changing Media, Changing China (Hardcover, New)
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Changing Media, Changing China (Hardcover, New)
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Thirty years ago, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) made a fateful
decision: to allow newspapers, magazines, television, and radio
stations to compete in the marketplace instead of being financed
exclusively by the government. The political and social
implications of that decision are still unfolding as the Chinese
government, media, and public adapt to the new information
environment.
Edited by Susan Shirk, one of America's leading experts on
contemporary China, this collection of essays brings together a
who's who of experts--Chinese and American--writing about all
aspects of the changing media landscape in China. In detailed case
studies, the authors describe how the media is reshaping itself
from a propaganda mouthpiece into an agent of watchdog journalism,
how politicians are reacting to increased scrutiny from the media,
and how television, newspapers, magazines, and Web-based news sites
navigate the cross-currents between the open marketplace and the
CCP censors. China has over 360 million Internet users, more than
any other country, and an astounding 162 million bloggers. The
growth of Internet access has dramatically increased the
information available, the variety and timeliness of the news, and
its national and international reach. But China is still far from
having a free press. As of 2008, the international NGO Freedom
House ranked China 181 worst out of 195 countries in terms of press
restrictions, and Chinese journalists have been aptly described as
"dancing in shackles." The recent controversy over China's
censorship of Google highlights the CCP's deep ambivalence toward
information freedom.
Covering everything from the rise of business media and online
public opinion polling to environmental journalism and the effect
of media on foreign policy, Changing Media, Changing China reveals
how the most populous nation on the planet is reacting to demands
for real news.
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