Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

Faculty of Education and Arts

School: Communications and Arts

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• Unit Title

  The Politics of the Media in Modern China

• Unit Code

  POL2170

• Year

  2015

• Enrolment Period

  2

• Version

  1

• Credit Points

  15

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  

Description

This unit provides an overview of the evolution of the media in China. The content will cover three modules: an overview of the issues in Chinese media, globalisation and soft power and the evolution of the internet. Key issues such as censorship, press freedom, the development of values through the media, propaganda and regulation will be examined in detail. The influence of politics on the media will be a key area of focus.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Develop a critical awareness of the impact of globalisation and soft power on the media in China.
2. Examine the influence of politics on the media in China.
3. Identify significant developments and issues in Chinese media.
4. Identify the impact of new media in modern China.

Unit Content

1. Building and censoring the Great Firewall.
2. Disasters, corruption and spin.
3. Film and the Pan Chinese identity.
4. History of the media under the Chinese Communist Party.
5. Issues for journalists.
6. Management versus censorship; code content and legislation.
7. Official and unofficial: The management of non-government organisations.
8. Print Media: The People's Daily to The Southern Weekend.
9. Television: CCTV and CNN.
10. The Bottom Line and the Party Line.
11. The internet and the public sphere.
12. The structure of the media in the People's Republic of China.
13. Visualisation of politics: The role of the media in Chinese Communist Party politics.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, seminars, weekly readings, short documentaries, blogs.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

Text References

• ^ Lagerkvist, J. (2011). After the internet, before democracy: Competing norms in Chinese media and society. Switzerland: Peter Lang.
• Sutter, R. G. (2005). China's rise in Asia: Promises and perils. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield.
• Kornberg, J. F., & Faust, John R. (2004). China in world politics: Policies, processes, prospects. (2nd ed.). Lynne Rienner.
• Lampton, D. M. (2007). The three faces of Chinese power: Might, money, and minds. Berkeley: University of California Press.
• Shambaugh, D. (Eds.). (2005). Power shift: China and Asia's new dynamics. Berkeley: University of California Press.
• Swaine, M. D. (2011). America's challenge: Engaging a rising China in the twenty-first century. Washington DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
• Swaine, M. D., & Tellis, A. J. (2000). Interpreting China's grand strategy: Past, present and future. Santa Monica, California: RAND.
• Leonard, M. (2008). What does China think? London, United Kingdom: Fourth Estate.
• Schoppa, R. K. (2011). Revolution and its past: Identities and change in modern Chinese history. (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall.
• Ross, R. S. (1995). Negotiating cooperation: The United States and China, 1969 - 1989. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.
• Johnston, A. I., & Ross, R. (Eds.). (1999). Engaging China: The management of an emerging power. New York: Routledge.

Journal References

• Studies Modern China.
• China: An International Journal.
• China Journal.
• China Quarterly.
• Chinese Journal of International Politics.
• China Security.
• Journal of Contemporary China Issues.

^ Mandatory reference