Description
| Product ID: | 9780295741314 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Reporting for China |
| Title: | Reporting for China |
| Subtitle: | How Chinese Correspondents Work with the World |
| Authors: | Author: Pal Nyiri |
| Page Count: | 216 |
| Subjects: | Reportage, journalism or collected columns, Reportage & collected journalism, Social and cultural anthropology, Media, entertainment, information and communication industries, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Advertising industry, China, English |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating While Western media are shrinking their foreign correspondent networks, Chinese media, for the first time in history, are rapidly expanding worldwide. The Chinese government is financing most of this growth, hoping to strengthen its influence and improve its public image. But do these reporters willingly serve formulated agendas or do they follow their own interests? And are they changing Chinese citizens’ views of the world?Based on interviews and informal conversations with over seventy current and former correspondents, Reporting for China documents a diverse group of professionals who hold political views from nationalist to liberal, but are constrained in their ability to report on the world by China’s media control, audience tastes, and the declining market for traditional media. While Western media are shrinking their foreign correspondent networks, Chinese media, for the first time in history, are rapidly expanding worldwide. The Chinese government is financing most of this growth, hoping to strengthen its influence and improve its public image. But do these reporters willingly serve formulated agendas or do they follow their own interests? And are they changing Chinese citizens’ views of the world? |
| Imprint Name: | University of Washington Press |
| Publisher Name: | University of Washington Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2017-04-11 |
