China turned on television, reform, and resistance

The years following the Cultural Revolution saw the arrival of television as part of China’s effort to ‘modernize’ and open up to the West. Endorsed by the Deng Xiaoping regime as a ‘bridge’ between government and the people, television became at once the official mouthpiece of the Communist Party a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Lull, James., author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Routledge 2013.
Edición:1st edition
Colección:Routledge library editions. Television ; v. 10
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628089206719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Modernizing China : the predicament of reform
  • 2. In the name of civilization : development of the mass media in China
  • 3. Knowing China : from inside and out
  • 4. Television in urban China : the medium enters everyday life
  • 5. Crossing the electronic bridge : the people and the people's medium
  • 6. China's New Star : reform on prime-time television
  • 7. The freedom to have fun : popular culture and censorship in China
  • 8. Looking in and looking out : viewing habits and cultural consequences
  • 9. Tiananmen Square and beyond : China's insurmountable image problem
  • 10. Television, culture, and poltics : the electronic amplification of contradiction.