Investigative journalism emerged in China in the 1980s following Deng
Xiaoping’s media reforms. Over the past few decades, Chinese
investigative journalists have produced an increasing number of
reports in print or on air and covered a surprisingly wide range of
topics which had been thought impossible by the standards of the
Communist era. In the 2010s, however, investigative journalism has
been replaced by activist journalism. This book examines how, with the
aid of new media technologies and in response to new calls for social
responsibility, these new-era journalists vigorously seek to expand
the scope of their journalism and their capacity as journalists. They
tend to perceive themselves as more than professional journalists, and
their activities are not limited to the physical boundaries of
newsrooms. They are not only detached observers of society but also
engaged organizers of social movements—they are social activists as
well as responsible journalists who challenge state power and the
party line and point to the limitations of the more traditional
conceptions of journalism in China. This book analyzes how journalism
in China has been gradually transformed from a tool of the state to a
means of broadening calls for democratic reform.
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ISBN
9781498527620
Publisert
2017
Utgiver
Vendor
Lexington Books
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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