The Chinese journalist : mediating information in the world's most populous country /

The Chinese journalist : mediating information in the world's most populous country /

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Burgh, Hugo de, 1949-
Imprint:	London : RoutledgeCurzon, ©2003.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 248 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Journalism -- China -- History -- 20th century. Journalism. China. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11299493

Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:	0203323262 9780203323267 9786610149995 6610149992 041530573X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Print version record.
Summary:	An intriguing introduction to Chinese journalists and their roles within society, offering a background history of journalists and the media in Communist China and examining the origins and development of Chinese journalism.
Other form:	Print version: Burgh, Hugo de, 1949- Chinese journalist. London : RoutledgeCurzon, ©2003

Table of Contents:

The inheritance
Media characteristics
The burden of the past I : from Yanan to the great proletarian Cultural Revolution
The burden of the past II : from the Cultural Revolution to the Tiananmen massacre
The political context for journalism today
The patriot journalists
The journalist as tribune
Becoming a journalist
Who do they think they are?
Making news : a case study
Conclusion : beliefs and practices, myths and realities.