Examines the Development of Journalism in China from Pre-Qin Period to the Modern Age

KEY FEATURES

• Provides a comprehensive commentary on the history of journalism in China
• Chronicles two millennia of journalistic history from the 2nd century B.C. to the 1990s, and includes coverage of newspapers, periodicals, news agencies, broadcast television, photography, documentary film, journal cartoons, journal education, as well as information about reporters, journalists, and other aspects of journalism
• Rectifies several errors in previously published monographs, and fills in gaps in the research of China’s journalism history

CONTENTS HIGHLIGHTS

• The Beginning of Chinese Newspaper Publication
• Journalism in the Early Republic Period
• Journalism during the Civil War
• The Great Revolution in Chinese Journalism
• Journalism during the Cultural Revolution (May 1966 – October 1976)
• Journalism in the New Period of Socialist Modernization (October 1976 – 1991)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Fang Hanqi is a Professor, Doctoral and Graduate Supervisor of the Journalism School at the Renmin University of China, Counselor of the Journalism and Social Development Research Center, and Director of the Academic Committee of the Renmin University of China. He has been appointed a member of the Editorial Board of the “Encyclopedia of China • Press and Publication”, Editor of the “Chinese Journalism” section of the Encyclopedia, and President of the History of the Chinese Journalism Institute.

READERSHIP

Academics, researchers, professionals, and students interested in the development of Chinese journalism.

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