State Propaganda in China's Entertainment Industry

Bibliographic Data

ID7524685
AuthorsShenshen Cai (corresponding author)
Year2016
Publication date2016-05-20
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueState Propaganda in China's Entertainment Industry (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781315637082
OpenAlexW2507815516
Open LibraryOL39605924M
ISBN9781315637082
LanguageEN
Citations received23

Most current research on the evolution of China’s propaganda discourse only touches upon recent variations of official propaganda rhetoric grounded in popular media. Here, the research is extended by tapping into the most recently released popular cultural media narratives such as online documentaries, films, TV drama serials and education programs, all of which are enlisted and co-opted by the state for propaganda goals. This book maps out the cutting-edge expansions of official propaganda that are embedded in the entertainment industry of contemporary China. Its case studies bring to light the progression of the mainstream propaganda discourse in terms of its merging, cooperation and compromise with the commercial features of both the traditional and newly-emerging entertainment media. In particular, it examines a group of mass entertainment products which include two best-selling mainstream blockbusters, two on-line commercial web documentaries, the China Central Television Moon Festival Gala series, socialist revolutionary TV drama serials, and a prime time science and education program. In so doing, it forefronts the up-to-date developments and novelties of state propaganda: its motives, reasoning and approaches within the mediasphere of today’s China. Illustrating how the CCP propaganda apparatus and tactics evolve and become embedded in popular media products, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of Chinese studies, Media Studies and Popular Cultural Studies

Advertising · Business · China · Entertainment · Entertainment industry · Media studies · Political science · Sociology · State (computer science · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Computer Science · History · Law · Arts du spectacle · Chinese Propaganda · General · Mass media · Mass media and propaganda · Medias et propagande · Nationalism · Nationalisme · Performing Arts · Political aspects · Political Culture · Politics and culture · Politique et culture · Propaganda, chinese · Propagande chinoise · Social Science

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