From class ideologue to state manager

TV programming and foreign imports in China, 1970–1990

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7500967
AutoresJian Wang (0000-0001-6128-1254, autor correspondente), Tsan‐kuo Chang
Ano1996
Volume40
Fascículo2
Páginas196-207
Data de publicação1996-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0883-8151 • E-ISSN: 1550-6878
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/08838159609364344
OpenAlexW1974826004
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas11
Referências citadas18

Within the managerial perspective, the purpose of this paper is to determine the impact of China's changing socioeconomic structure on its foreign TV programming and to propose a new conceptual approach to explaining the form and content of the contemporary Chinese media system. The general thesis is that as a result of vertical and horizontal fragmentation of state authority since the economic reforms in the late 1970s, mass media in China have become less of a class ideologue and more of a state manager as far as their functional prerequisites are concerned. The 20‐year longitudinal analysis indicated that during the reforms, not only did the number of foreign TV programs flourish, the assortment of content variety also increased greatly, with capitalist countries becoming major suppliers

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