02310nam a22003137a 4500 56814 56814 20200827130147.0 200827b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9781316647158 :International Book Distributors :Flat No 14, Prakash Apartment 5 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi :115553 :17/08/2020 302.209 REP Repnikova, Maria Media politics in China : improvising power under authoritarianism / Maria Repnikova Cambridge, New York, : Cambridge University Press, ©2017 xiii, 271 pages ; 24 cm 2225 Part I. Conceptual & theoretical frameworks -- Part II. Mutual objectives and routine dynamics -- Part III. Crisis events -- Part IV. Comparisons Who watches over the party-state? In this engaging analysis, Maria Repnikova reveals the webs of an uneasy partnership between critical journalists and the state in China. More than merely a passive mouthpiece or a dissident voice, the media in China also plays a critical oversight role, one more frequently associated with liberal democracies than with authoritarian systems. Chinese central officials cautiously endorse media supervision as a feedback mechanism, as journalists carve out space for critical reporting by positioning themselves as aiding the agenda of the central state. Drawing on rare access in the field, Media Politics in China examines the process of guarded improvisation that has defined this volatile partnership over the past decade on a routine basis and in the aftermath of major crisis events. Combined with a comparative analysis of media politics in the Soviet Union and contemporary Russia, the book highlights the distinctiveness of Chinese journalist-state relations, as well as the renewed pressures facing them in the Xi era." -- Publisher's description Social Sciences Social interaction Mass media -- Political aspects -- China. Mass media policy -- China. Government and the press -- China. Government and the press. Mass media policy. Mass media -- Political aspects China. Repnikova, Maria BOOK