Hassid China's Unruly Journalists

How Committed Professionals are Changing the People’s Republic
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-317-35414-7
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 201 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Contemporary China Series

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 to aggressively report sensitive stories. As a result, a loosely connected group of brave journalists stands at the forefront of some of China’s most dramatic social and political changes. The central question this book seeks to address is why these news workers choose to challenge their bosses and at times even the immense power of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The author argues that news workers often brave the perils of challenging an authoritarian system not because of market concerns or a competitive marketplace, but because they are driven by a particular professional orientation the author calls "advocacy professionalism." Ultimately these advocate journalists matter because they are challenging specific policies and changing China, one article at a time.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hassid, Jonathan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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