Media transparency in China : rethinking rhetoric and reality / Baohui Xie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Xie, Baohui, 1971- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Political aspects--China.

Mass media.

Freedom of the press--China.

Freedom of the press.

Mass media policy--China.

Mass media policy.

Government and the press--China.

Government and the press.

Censorship--China.

Censorship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<span><span>This book examines the problem of transparency in the news media in China through analysis of the political and market control jointly imposed by the party-state and the media. It argues that the gap between rhetoric and reality reveals the disjuncture of the party-state and the media from their political representation.</span></span>

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Press Freedom and Transparency in China; 2 Media Transparency; 3 Meta-Censorship; 4 Pandemic Media Corruption; 5 Marketization and Conglomeration of State-Owned Media; 6 "Opening a Skylight"; 7 Transparency Illusion and Disjuncture of Representation; Afterword; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4985-0213-X

0-7391-8327-3

OCLC:

889812898