Staging China The Politics of Mass Spectacle / Florian Schneider.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schneider, Florian, 1977-

, Leiden University Press, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Propaganda.

Communication--Political aspects.

Communication.

Propaganda--China.

Communication--Political aspects--China.

Spectacular, The--Political aspects--China.

Spectacular, The.

China.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource 329 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Leiden University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

English.

Biography/History:

Florian Schneider is Chair Professor of Modern China at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies. He is managing editor of Asiascape: Digital Asia and author of numerous books and articles on political communication and media in China.

Summary:

The People's Republic of China began the 21st century with a new-and-improved public relations approach that was meant to counter anxieties about China's role in the world while simultaneously showcasing the leadership's policies to a domestic audience. Crucial to this communication strategy have been networked spectacles: elaborate mass event, designed to reconfigure organisations, ideas, and the relations between people. In 'Staging China', Florian Schneider analyses large-scale projects like the Beijing Olympics and Shanghai Expo to show how such spectacles became part of the ruling party's governance toolkit under Hu Jintao's leadership, and how their legacy informs politics and political communication in China to this day.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Note on Conventions

List of Abbreviations

1 Introduction: Making Sense of China’s Spectacles

2 Arriving on the World Stage

3 The Governance of China’s Networked Spectacles

4 Staging China’s Revival

5 Designing Chinese Nationalism

6 The Making of a Harmonious Utopia

7 Contested Nation Branding

8 Fractured Discourses, Idiosyncratic Interactions

9 Conclusion: The Legacy of China’s Mass Media Events

List of References

Glossary

Index

Notes:

CC BY-NC

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ISBN:

9789400603462

9400603460

OCLC:

1198645118

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access