Media and Politics in Post-Handover Hong Kong

• 18 oktober 2013
• 9781317968771

Samenvatting:

The world was watching Hong Kong as its sovereignty was returned to China in 1997. Many predicted that it was the doomsday of press freedom in the city.

Now, a decade after the handover, this book provides an up-to-date review of the dynamic relationship between media and political power in the post-handover years. It covers seven key issues including

• the mapping of the changing boundaries of press freedom,
• the impact of media ownership change on editorial stance,
• the development of national and hybrid identities,
• the tension between self-censorship and media professionalism,
• the rising importance of government public relations,
• the power and limits of hegemonic discourse, and
• the countervailing force posed by collective actions and public opinion.