From: "Colin Sparks" <[log in to unmask]>

Dear Colleagues,

 

The Communication and Media Research Institute is proud to announce the publication of the latest issue of our open access journal Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture.  Volume 3, Number 1, March 2006 has as its themeMedia in China.  You can freely access the full text of all of the articles in pdf format by following the links below.

 

Best wishes

 

Colin Sparks

 

Contents

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Xin Xin Editorial

Michael Keane                                                                                           Exporting Chinese Culture: Industry Financing Models in Film and Television

Zhang Xin The Concept of 'Local' in Local Chinese Television:   A Case Study of Southwest China's Chongqing Television

SunWusan A Small Chinese Town Television Station's Struggle for Survival: How a New Institutional Arrangement Came into Being

Anne-Marie Brady Guiding Hand: The Role of the CCP Central Propaganda Department in the Current Era

Peter C. Pugsley Constructing the Hero: Nationalistic News Narratives in Contemporary China

Cara Wallis Chinese Women in the Official Chinese Press: Discursive Constructions of Gender in Service to the State

Book Reviews   Daya Thussu Media and Globalization   Xia Qianfang Destructing Despotism:Research on Neo-people-oriented Thought in Late Ming & Early Qing Dynasty