Corporate+media+in+China+-+Bai


 * Corporate Media: (In China) **
 * How media shaped our understanding and beliefs? **

**Slide #1**:  //A man in Beiing reads a local paper with a front page picture showing U.S President Barack Obama being sworn in. // //CBC news. Jan 21st 2009. (Alexandar F.Yuan/associated press) //
 * Media Industry: **

1. Increasing opportunities for public to engage in social events.  (Development of media industry & economic landscape) 2. Promote participation, create relationship. 3. Function as products. (Consumption)

1. Government’s control over flow of information over all routes. (Readings, TV, Internet etc.)  //Futurity org: Chinese bloggers: no threaten to regime. May 3rd 2010 //
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 * Political Domination: **

2. Selected materials for news. (Median hegemony) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;">strict formation for news in China: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;">Domestic development (positive) Role in international affairs Foreign events (negative) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;">3 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> Differrent versions over single event. Domestic Vs. Foreign <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">(Political purpose - Ex: Tibet & XinJiang) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;">4. Function as institutions of propaganda. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;">(Support particular government’s policies/shape public perception) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt; text-indent: -3.3pt;">5. Single point of view given to the public <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;">(Limited space for alternative debate)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;">“While the citizen became surrounded with opportunities to engage in…These channels of engagement have been increasingly programmed to redirect civic energy away from actual participation in policy or its deliberation.” (Stahl P48)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;">1. Community (major) Vs. Individual (minor) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">O Zhang, "It's All Good In the Hood" //
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 * Cultural domain (ideology): Particular social rules within the media contents <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">. **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;">2. Struggle Vs. Cosiness <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;">(The way to achieve success) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;">DHL commercial in China: [] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;">3. Moral orders. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;">(Explicit standard for right and wrong) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;">4. Tradition