Burgh The Chinese Journalist

Mediating Information in the World's Most Populous Country
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-1-134-40386-8
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burgh, Hugo

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

2. The Inheritance

3. Media Characteristics

4. The Burden of the Past: From Yanan to the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

5. The Burden of the Past: From the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution to the Tienanmen 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

Über Autor(innen)

Hugo de Burgh is Senior Lecturer in media practices at Goldsmith's College, University of London. Until 1995 he worked as a television reporter and producer in the UK.