Communication in China: Political Economy, Power, and Conflict

By Yuezhi Zhao and Yuezhi Zhao Author of Communication i

Book Overview

This authoritative study explores China's rapidly evolving polity, economy, and society through the prism of its communication system. Yuezhi Zhao offers a multifaceted, interdisciplinary analysis of communication in China and its central role in the struggle for control during the country's rise to global power. The industry in all its forms--ranging from the news media to entertainment outlets to the Internet--has been a critical battleground among different social forces in this period of wrenching change. The author explores alterations in the structure and content of Chinese communication in light of the rapid evolution of state-society relations to reveal the profoundly contradictory, conflicted, and uncertain nature of China's ongoing transformation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074251966X
• ISBN13: 9780742519664
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"