Jonathan Hassid

China's Unruly Journalists

How Committed Professionals Are Changing the People's Republic

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Produktbeschreibung

Despite operating in one of the most tightly controlled media environments in the world, Chinese journalists sometimes take extraordinary risks, braving the perils of job loss or imprisonment. This book addresses why this group of journalists choose to challenge their bosses and at times even the immense power of the Chinese Communist Party. It argues that news workers often brave the perils of challenging an authoritarian system not because of market concerns but because they are driven by a particular professional orientation the author calls "advocacy professionalism." Ultimately these journalists matter because they challenge specific policies and are changing China.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 179
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781138955745
• ISBN-10: 1138955744
• Artikelnr.: 43337739

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Hassid is an Assistant Professor in political science at Iowa State University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Censorship and its Discontents 2. Four Models of the Fourth Estate: A
Typology of Contemporary Chinese Journalists 3. "Throat and Tongue:" The
Communist Professionals 4. "Guard Against Fire, Theft, and Journalists:"
The Workaday Reporters 5. Neutral, Objective and Rare: The American-Style
Journalists 6. Representing "The People:" The Advocate Professionals 7.
Pressing Back 8. Beyond Pushback 9. Chinese Journalism in the Internet Age
10. Conclusion