Politics of Chinese Media

Bingchun Meng is an Associate Professor in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.

“This is an important and accomplished book that should grace the shelves of everyone with an interest in how to understand the complexities of Chinese media and its intersections with history, politics, political economy and society.” (Jonathan Sullivan, The China Quarterly, Vol. 242, June, 2020)“In The Politics of Chinese Media: Consensus and Contestation, Bingchun Meng explores how the media industry in China has shaped and been shaped by different agents, showing how consensus and contestation have emerged in different locations. In offering a subtle account that aims to unsettle the oversimplified academic discourse that applies Western theory to Chinese contexts, this book lays a solid foundation for future research on Chinese media” (Meng Hin Ng, LSE Review of Books, blogs.lse.ac.uk, February, 2019)

• Introduction: Understanding the Politics of Chinese Media.- The Chinese State: Moving Left? Moving Right? or Depoliticized?.- Looking beyond the Liberal Lens: News Media as Contested Discursive Space.- The Cultural Politics of the Entertainment Media.- From Angry Youth to Anxious Parents: The Mediated Politics of Everyday Life.- Conclusion.