ABSTRACT
The study of Chinese media is a field that is growing and evolving at an exponential rate. Not only are the Chinese media a fascinating subject for analysis in their own right, but they also offer scholars and students a window to observe multi-directional flows of information, culture and communications within the contexts of globalization and regionalization. Moreover, the study of Chinese media provides an invaluable opportunity to test and refine the variety of communications theories that researchers have used to describe, analyse, compare and contrast systems of communications.
The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Media is a prestigious reference work providing an overview of the study of Chinese media. Gary and Ming-Yeh Rawnsley bring together an interdisciplinary perspective with contributions by an international team of renowned scholars on subjects such as television, journalism and the internet and social media. Locating Chinese media within a regional setting by focusing on ‘Greater China’, the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and overseas Chinese communities; the chapters highlight the convergence of media and platforms in the region; and emphasise the multi-directional and trans-national character of media/information flows in East Asia.
Contributing to the growing de-westernization of media and communications studies; this handbook is an essential and comprehensive reference work for students of all levels and scholars in the fields of Chinese Studies and Media Studies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|58 pages
The development of the study and the structure of Chinese media
chapter 1|18 pages
(Re)-Focusing on the target
part II|114 pages
Journalism, press freedom and social mobilisation
chapter 7|14 pages
From control to competition
chapter 10|18 pages
Citizen journalists as an empowering community for change
part III|134 pages
The internet, public sphere and media culture
chapter 14|11 pages
Workers and peasants as historical subjects
chapter 15|16 pages
An emerging middle-class public sphere in China?
chapter 16|15 pages
Expressing myself, connecting with you
part IV|112 pages
Market, production and the media industries
chapter 23|17 pages
Contemporary Chinese historical television drama as a cultural genre
chapter 24|14 pages
Live television production of media events in China
chapter 25|22 pages
Negotiated discursive struggles in hyper-marketised and oligopolistic media system
part V|51 pages
Chinese media and the world