Perspectives on communication in the People's Republic of China / James A. Schnell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schnell, James A., 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication--Social aspects--China.

Communication.

Communication--Political aspects--China.

Communication in politics--China.

Communication in politics.

Communication in education--China.

Communication in education.

Intercultural communication--China.

Intercultural communication.

Communication--Political aspects.

Communication--Social aspects.

China.

Mass media--China.

Mass media.

Physical Description:

viii, 124 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [1999]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Section 1 Politics

1 Bourgeois Liberalization: The Labeling of Unwanted American Influences 3

2 Sovereignty and Reunification Controversy: China's Efforts to Influence Perceptions 13

3 Using C-SPAN to Analyze U.S. Reaction to the Chinese Pro-democracy Movement 21

4 The Lack of Political Cartoons in the People's Republic of China 25

5 High Context Messaging in Chinese English-Language Mass Media 31

6 East Meets West in News Reporting: A Comparison of China Daily and China News Digest 37

7 Lei Feng: Government Subsidized Role Model 43

Section 2 Education

8 Academic Departments in China 51

9 Intercultural Communication Education in the People's Republic of China 59

10 The Need for Listening Theory When Teaching English as a Second Language 67

11 The Need for Nonverbal Communication Theory When Teaching English as a Second Language 73

12 The Developmental Speech Sequence Model in Public Speaking Instruction 77

13 International Media Events as Instructional Tools in the Basic Communication Course 89

Section 3 Health

14 The Merging of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine in China 95

15 A Cross-Cultural Interpretation of China's One-Child-Per-Family Campaign Using Burke's Rhetoric of Transcendence 101

Conclusion: President Clinton's 1998 Trip to China: High Context Diplomacy Balancing on Low Context Issues Expressed Through High Context Channels 113.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0739100130

OCLC:

41256393