How the market is changing China's news
Subtitle: the case of Xinhua News Agency
By: Xin Xin
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 161
ISBN-13: 9780739150955; 9780739150979
Subjects: Mass media and globalization; Xin hua tong xun she; Journalism; Government and the press; History
Description: This book provides a micro-analysis of the impact of marketisation and globalization on China's media system over the last three decades with a focus on Xinhua News Agency - one of the most influential propaganda apparatuses of the Chinese Communist Party. It investigates not only Xinhua itself, but also its evolving relations with news sources, media clients and other social institutions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Globalization and its interpretation in the Chinese context; title: A historical account of Xinhua; title: Structural change at national level; title: Structural change at local level; title: Structural change at international level; title: Conclusion: structural change and its implications for Chinese journalism.