1st Edition
China's Unruly Journalists How Committed Professionals are Changing the People’s Republic
By Jonathan Hassid
Copyright 2016
201 Pages
by
Routledge
201 Pages
by
Routledge
201 Pages
by
Routledge
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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 report sensitive stories. As a result, a group of journalists stands at the forefront of some of China’s most dramatic social and political changes.
This book is the first to systematically explore why... Read more
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
Biography
Jonathan Hassid is an Assistant Professor in political science at Iowa State University, USA.
