1st Edition

Digital Journalism in China

Edited By Shixin Ivy Zhang Copyright 2023
134 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

134 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

134 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This edited collection brings together journalism scholars from mainland China, Hong Kong, the UK and Australia to address a variety of pressing issues and challenges facing digital journalism in China today. While China shares certain affinities with the digital disruption of media in other settings, its experience and articulation of change is ultimately unique. This volume explores the... Read more

    Chapter 1. Introduction Chinese Digital Journalism: Disruptive or Sustainable?

      Shixin Ivy Zhang and Jing Meng

    Chapter 2. Theories of Journalism in the Digital Era: Knowledge, Value, and Conceptual Framework

      Jiang Chang and Runze Ding

    Chapter 3. Academic Discourses of Digital Journalism in China: A Literature Review 1961-2021

      Haiyan Wang and Lin Wu

    Chapter 4. (Re-)Popularising Party Journalism in China: A Qualitative Study of Xinhua News Agency’s Online Media Content

      Xin Xin

    Chapter 5. The Tabloidization of Party Media: How The People’s Daily and CCTV Adapt to Social Media

      Kecheng Fang

    Chapter 6. Socialization and Control in the Digital Newsroom

      Dan Wang

    Chapter 7. The Platformization of Chinese Official Media: The Case of Newspaper X

      Luming Zhao and Jiaxi Peng

    Chapter 8. "Giving up" vs "holding on": A comparative case study of Chinese and Australian newspaper publishers’ approaches to their print editions in their digital transition

      Chengju Huang

    Chapter 9. Classroom vs. Newsroom: Journalism Education and Practice in The Digital Age

      Steve Zhongshi Guo and Dan Wang

    Chapter 10. Conclusion: Retrospect and Prospect

    Shixin Ivy Zhang and Jing Meng

    Biography

    Shixin Ivy Zhang is an Associate Professor in Journalism Studies at the University of Nottingham Ningbo, China.

    "Students and scholars of digital journalism will discover an array of perceptive insights into its evolution in China on these pages. Taken together, the chapters make an admirable contribution to theory-building, bringing to bear rich, evidence-led studies to extend fresh thinking about current challenges and future prospects. Familiar assumptions about Chinese journalism are certain to be disrupted to advantage."

    Stuart Allan, Professor of Journalism and Communication, Cardiff University, UK