Communications in Contemporary China:Orchestrating Thinking (Routledge Studies on China in Transition)

by: Nicole Talmacs (Editor),Altman Yuzhu Peng(Editor)
Edition:1st

Publication Date: 1 Sept. 2023

Language: English

Print Length: 208 pages

ISBN-10: 1032505745

ISBN-13: 9781032505749

Book Description

Using the analogy of an orchestra, the book looks at the ways in which the Party-state conducts communications in China.Rather than treating China’s communications system as purely one of centralised top-down control, this book proffers that it is the combination of the govement through its state policies, the propaganda bureau’s campaigns, commercial consumer culture, digital and traditional media platforms, celebrities, entertainers and joualists, educators, community interest groups, and family and friends, who all contribute to the evolution of how ideas are perpetuated, enforced, and legitimised in China. Covering themes such as censorship, surveillance, national narratives onscreen and in everyday life, political agency, creative work, news production, and gender politics, this book gives an insight into the complex web of conditions, objectives, and challenges that the Chinese leadership and commercial interests face when orchestrating their visions for the nation’s future. As such, this volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of media and communication studies, Chinese politics, and Chinese Studies.