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Record Nr.

UNINA9910502630503321

Autore

Lüqiu Luwei

Titolo

Covering the 2019 Hong Kong Protests / / by Luwei Rose Luqiu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021

ISBN

9783030822262

3030822265

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (144 pages)

Disciplina

951.06

303.484095125090512

Soggetti

Journalism

Journalism - Authorship

Asia - Politics and government

Communication in politics

News Journalism

Writing and Reporting

Asian Politics

Political Communication

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction: Journalists and the 2019 Hong Kong Protests -- 2. Journalists in the Mainstream Media: Constraints and Influences -- 3. Independent Journalists: Fighting for Press Freedom and Survival -- 4. Student Journalists: Providing Alternative Narratives -- 5. Journalists from State Media Outlets: A Clear Mission and Ambiguous Status -- 6. Foreign Correspondents: Bridging the Protests to the World -- 7. Standard News: A Case Study -- 8. Uncertainty: Covering Protests Under the National Security Law.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the impact of governmental, institutional, and individual factors on journalists covering protests, using the 2019 Hong Kong Anti-Extradition Bill Movement as a case study. The discussion surveys the challenges frontline journalists have faced while covering protests that unfolded in complex and rapidly evolving



geopolitical contexts and media ecologies. Complementing this is an analysis of the Chinese government's efforts to suppress social movements by curtailing press freedom to silence criticism of the government and keep information about the protest efforts from the public. Separate chapters explore these issues from the perspectives of the citizen journalists, student journalists, and independent journalists who have played key roles in the most recent social movements in Hong Kong. It concludes with a look at the future of press freedom in the city after the passage of the National Security Law. .