China's environment and China's environment journalists : a study / Hugo de Burgh and Zeng Rong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burgh, Hugo de, 1949-

Contributor:

Rong, Zeng.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media and the environment--China.

Mass media and the environment.

Environmental policy--Press coverage--China.

Environmental policy.

Environmental protection--Press coverage--China.

Environmental protection.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (114 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, U.K. : Intellect, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"A new specialism has appeared in China in recent years, that of environment correspondent. This study investigates them to understand their attitudes towards the environment, their means of operation and their views on the significance of their own work."--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Front Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Chapter 1: Contents; Origins of this book; China's media today; Method and acknowledgments; Chapter 2: China's Environmental Governance; Environmental issues: Overview; The system for managing the Chinese environment; Principles of environmental governance; Issues; The localisation of power; Citizen involvement with compliance; Effects of the Internet; NGOs and what journalists think of them; The influence of globalisation; The rule of law; The right to know; External assessments; Chapter 3: Findings

Reporting the environment: The current situation What are the deficiencies in reporting?; Range of stories and main themes; How reporters work; Media influence on environmental issues; Stories unpublished and what they tell us; Whence do journalists get their stories?; Obstacles to reporting and publication; Reporters' solutions; Recent developments; Chapter 4: Illustrative Cases; The South China Sea; Xin'an area water resource development; The Round Bright Garden; The Tiger Leaping Gorge; The Tibetan antelope; Canton's ambient haze; The Songhua River story; A Xiamen chemical factory

The Nu River The Three Gorges Dam (Dai, 1989: 6); The Sanlu milk powder case; Lake Tai and Mr Wu Lihong; Chapter 5: Recommendations; Policy-makers and lobbyists in the environmental field; Environmental awareness among media managers; Decision makers in the Chinese media community; Developing competencies in-house; Media departments in educational establishments; Relevant Chinese authorities; International media development actors; Chapter 6: Conclusion; Bibliography and References; Glossary; The Authors; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-37063-8

9786613370631

1-84150-606-0

OCLC:

769344355