China's Media Go Global

<p>As part of its 'going out' strategy China is using the media to promote its views and vision to the wider world and to counter negative images in the US-dominated international media. <i>China's Media Go Global</i> the first edited collection on this subject evaluates how the unprecedented expansion of Chinese media and communications is changing the global media landscape and the role of China within it.</p> <p></p> <p>Each chapter examines a different dimension of Chinese media's globalization from newspapers radio film and television to social media and journalism. Topics include the rise of Chinese news networks <i>China Daily </i>as an instrument of China's public diplomacy and the discussion around the growth of China's state media in Africa. Other chapters discuss entertainment television financial media and the advertising market in China.</p> <p>Together this collection of essays offers a comprehensive evaluation of complex debates concerning the impact of China on the international media landscape and makes a distinctive addition to Chinese media studies as well as to broader global media discourses. Beyond its primary readership among academics and students <i>China's Media Go Global </i>is aimed at the growing constituency of general readers for whom the role of the media in globalization is of wider interest.</p>