Foreign correspondents: a case study of China in the digital and globalization age
While Western foreign correspondence is retreating, Chinese central media and correspondents, resourced by the government’s financial backing for media’s role in public diplomacy, are taking the opportunities to expand overseas bureaus, hire experienced local employees, enhance the quantity and qual...
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| author | Zhang, Shixin Ivy Zhang, Xiaoling |
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| description | While Western foreign correspondence is retreating, Chinese central media and correspondents, resourced by the government’s financial backing for media’s role in public diplomacy, are taking the opportunities to expand overseas bureaus, hire experienced local employees, enhance the quantity and quality of international news reporting, use digital technologies in newsgathering and dissemination, and receive Western-style trainings. Against this backdrop, this paper studies the identities, media cultures, and journalistic practices of Chinese foreign correspondents, as well as the international news output, and media–audience and media–foreign policy relationships. In doing so, we propose a new six-level theoretical model: (1) journalists’ identities; (2) cultures; (3) practices; (4) news output; (5) news dissemination, reception, and audiences’ interactions; and (6) the impacts of international news coverage. Based on semi-structured interviews with Chinese resident journalists over eight years, we argue that the media–audience and media–foreign policy relationships in China have become more interactive, dynamic, and complex. |
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| spelling | nottingham-425792020-05-04T18:40:51Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42579/ Foreign correspondents: a case study of China in the digital and globalization age Zhang, Shixin Ivy Zhang, Xiaoling While Western foreign correspondence is retreating, Chinese central media and correspondents, resourced by the government’s financial backing for media’s role in public diplomacy, are taking the opportunities to expand overseas bureaus, hire experienced local employees, enhance the quantity and quality of international news reporting, use digital technologies in newsgathering and dissemination, and receive Western-style trainings. Against this backdrop, this paper studies the identities, media cultures, and journalistic practices of Chinese foreign correspondents, as well as the international news output, and media–audience and media–foreign policy relationships. In doing so, we propose a new six-level theoretical model: (1) journalists’ identities; (2) cultures; (3) practices; (4) news output; (5) news dissemination, reception, and audiences’ interactions; and (6) the impacts of international news coverage. Based on semi-structured interviews with Chinese resident journalists over eight years, we argue that the media–audience and media–foreign policy relationships in China have become more interactive, dynamic, and complex. Taylor & Francis 2017-04-04 Article PeerReviewed Zhang, Shixin Ivy and Zhang, Xiaoling (2017) Foreign correspondents: a case study of China in the digital and globalization age. Journalism Studies . ISSN 1469-9699 Audience China Foreign correspondents Foreign policy Identity Journalistic practice Media culture https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2017.1305913 doi:10.1080/1461670X.2017.1305913 doi:10.1080/1461670X.2017.1305913 |
| spellingShingle | Audience China Foreign correspondents Foreign policy Identity Journalistic practice Media culture Zhang, Shixin Ivy Zhang, Xiaoling Foreign correspondents: a case study of China in the digital and globalization age |
| title | Foreign correspondents: a case study of China in the digital and globalization age |
| title_full | Foreign correspondents: a case study of China in the digital and globalization age |
| title_fullStr | Foreign correspondents: a case study of China in the digital and globalization age |
| title_full_unstemmed | Foreign correspondents: a case study of China in the digital and globalization age |
| title_short | Foreign correspondents: a case study of China in the digital and globalization age |
| title_sort | foreign correspondents: a case study of china in the digital and globalization age |
| topic | Audience China Foreign correspondents Foreign policy Identity Journalistic practice Media culture |
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