1st Edition

Radio and Social Transformation in China

By Wei Lei Copyright 2019
240 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

238 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

238 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The first systematic, comprehensive and critical English-language study of radio in China, this book documents a historical understanding of Chinese radio from the early twentieth century to the present. Covering both public matters and private lives, Radio and Social Transformation in China analyses a range of themes from healthcare, migration and education, to intimacy, family and... Read more

1. Transforming Radio in China: Introduction to an Understudied Medium

2. Radio and a Revolutionary China: From the Republic of China Era to the Mao Era

3. Radio News and the Articulation of One Voice: Continuity and Transformation of China National Radio’s Channel One

4. Late Night Talkback Radio: The Production of Intimacy in Post-Mao China

5. Health Infomercial Radio: Privatization, Medicine and Self-responsibility in Post-Mao China

6. Drive Radio and the Construction of Urban Middle-class Identities: From Traffic Radio to the ‘Car World

7.  Digital Soundwork in Contemporary China: Uncertainty, Listening and the Betterment of 'a Deficient Self'

8. Missed Opportunities and Future Challenges

Biography

Wei Lei is a junior fellow of the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.