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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783606003321

Autore

Burgh Hugo de <1949, >

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon : , : Taylor & Francis Group, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-40386-0

1-134-40387-9

0-203-35249-1

1-280-14999-X

0-203-32326-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Classificazione

05.33

Disciplina

079/.51/0904

Soggetti

Journalism - China - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Transferred to digital printing 2005"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-240) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

The Chinese Journalist provides an intriguing introduction to Chinese journalists and their roles within society for both students of Media and Asian Studies.  The book initially offers a background history of journalists and the media in Communist China before examining the origins and development of Chinese journalism in the nineteenth century.