Suggestions for reading material:
Yang, G: The Power of the internet in China: citizen activism online, 2009. New York, Columbia University Press.
Yu, H: Media and cultural transformation in China, 2009. New York, Routledge.
Zhao, Y: Communication in China: political economy, power, and conflict, 2008. Lanham, Md..
Dahlgren, P: Media and Political engagement: citizens, communication and democracy , 2009. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.
Secondary readings
Chang, Tsan-Kuo 2003: "Political Drama and News Narratives: Presidential Summits on Chinese and U.S. National Television." In Chin-Chuan Lee (ed.): Chinese Media, Global Contexts, London: RoutledgeCurzon, pp. 119-38.
Hong, Junhao, Yanmei Lü & William Zou 2009: "CCTV in the Reform Years: A New Model for China's Television." In Ying Zhu & Chris Berry (eds.): TV China. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, pp. 40-55.
Scotton, James F. & William A. Hachten (eds.) 2010: New Media for a New China. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. Chapter 4: Newspapers: Changing Roles (pp. 43-60); Chapter 8: Television: News (pp. 98-114), Chapter 9: Xinhua: The Voice of the Party (pp. 115-27).
Yu, Haiqing (2009): Media and Cultural Transformation in China. Introduction. London: Routledge, pp. 1-15.
Zhao, Yuezhi 2008: Communication in China: Political Economy, Power, and Conflict, Chapter 1: Reconfiguring Party-State Power: Market Reforms, Communication, and Control in the Digital Age. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, pp. 19-74.