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How the Market is Changing China's News: The Case of Xinhua News Agency
Author(s): Xin Xin (Author)
- Publisher: Lexington Books (UK)
- Publication Date: 27 Sept. 2012
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 175 pages
- ISBN-10: 9780739150955
- ISBN-13: 0739150952
Book Description
How far has the most influential news organization in China been marketized? How far has the marketization process changed the way in which Xinhua practices journalism? What has the impact of marketization been on Xinhua’s relationship with central, local and global actors? What does the case of Xinhua tell us about the transformation of Chinese media more generally?
The book draws on a wealth of empirical data derived from a combination of documentary research at Xinhua and Reuters together with more than100 semi-structured interviews with news executives, journalists, officials and academics in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Macau, Hong Kong and London.
This book also offers:
A critical review of theories of globalization, as they relate to media and communication studies, as well as Chinese studies;A discussion of the historical roots of Party journalism in China;An authoritative guide to China’s contemporary media and political environment.
The book will be an invaluable reference for students and academics in communication and media studies, Chinese studies, Asian studies, international studies and development studies.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Using China’s national news agency, Xinhua, as a case study, this dissertation-cum-book provides a microanalysis of the impact of marketization and globalization on China’s media system over three decades. Xin (Univ. of Manchester, London, UK) details Xinhua’s history and its interactions with national, local, and international structures, looking at changes not just to Xinhua but also to journalistic practices relative to investigative reporting, news values (e.g., timeliness), and paid journalism. Though repetitive at times, the study does a credible job pulling together much information in a well-organized format. The author interviewed about a hundred editors, reporters, and academics in three cities on the mainland and in Hong Kong, Macau, and London, and used Xinhua News Agency yearbooks as her primary sources. Though she worked for Xinhua for two years, Xin does not seem to draw on those experiences in her analysis. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty.
