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This edited collection brings together journalism scholars from mainland China, Hong Kong, the UK and Australia to address a variety of pressing issues and challenges facing digital journalism in China today.
While China shares certain affinities with the digital disruption of media in other settings, its experience and articulation of change is ultimately unique. This volume explores the implications of digital media technologies for journalists' professional practice, news users' consumption and engagement with news, as well as the shifting institutional, organizational and financial structures of news media. Drawing on case studies and quantitative and qualitative approaches, contributors address questions concerning: whether China is witnessing 'disruptive' or 'sustainable' journalism; if, and in what ways, digital technologies may disrupt journalism; and whether Chinese digital journalism converges with or diverges from Western experiences of digital journalism.
Digital Journalism in China is an important addition to the literature on digital journalism, comparative media analysis, the Chinese Communist Party's social media strategies, tabloidization trends, and the conflict between newsroom and classroom in journalism education, and will be of interest to advanced students, scholars, and practitioners alike.
List of contents
Chapter 1. Introduction Chinese Digital Journalism: Disruptive or Sustainable? Chapter 2. Theories of Journalism in the Digital Era: Knowledge, Value, and Conceptual Framework Chapter 3. Academic Discourses of Digital Journalism in China: A Literature Review 1961-2021 Chapter 4. (Re-)Popularising Party Journalism in China: A Qualitative Study of Xinhua News Agency’s Online Media Content Chapter 5. The Tabloidization of Party Media: How The People’s Daily and CCTV Adapt to Social Media Chapter 6. Socialization and Control in the Digital Newsroom Chapter 7. The Platformization of Chinese Official Media: The Case of Newspaper X Chapter 8. "Giving up" vs "holding on": A comparative case study of Chinese and Australian newspaper publishers’ approaches to their print editions in their digital transition Chapter 9. Classroom vs. Newsroom: Journalism Education and Practice in The Digital Age Chapter 10. Conclusion: Retrospect and Prospect
Summary
This edited collection brings together journalism scholars from mainland China, Hong Kong, the UK and Australia to address a variety of pressing issues and challenges facing digital journalism in China today.
