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Description for China Ink
Paperback. This lively book explores changes in contemporary China through the compelling personal accounts of young Chinese journalists. Through a series of engaging oral histories, Judy Polumbaum puts a human face on vital issues of freedom of expression and information that will chart China's future. Series: Asian Voices. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 331.
This lively book explores individual and societal changes in contemporary China through the compelling personal accounts of young Chinese journalists. China's media are central to public life in the most populous nation on earth, and have also become increasingly relevant to communication and understanding on a global scale. Through a series of engaging oral histories, Judy Polumbaum puts a human face on vital political and philosophical issues of freedom of expression and information that will shape China's future. The author's extended and frank conversations with journalists from a range of news outlets reveal diversity, passion, humor, and optimism that ... Read more
This lively book explores individual and societal changes in contemporary China through the compelling personal accounts of young Chinese journalists. China's media are central to public life in the most populous nation on earth, and have also become increasingly relevant to communication and understanding on a global scale. Through a series of engaging oral histories, Judy Polumbaum puts a human face on vital political and philosophical issues of freedom of expression and information that will shape China's future. The author's extended and frank conversations with journalists from a range of news outlets reveal diversity, passion, humor, and optimism that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
Series
Asian Voices
Number of Pages
214
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742556683
SKU
V9780742556683
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Judy Polumbaum
Judy Polumbaum is a former newspaper reporter. She is currently professor of journalism and mass communication at The University of Iowa. Along with Gao Yuan, she cowrote Born Red: A Chronicle of the Cultural Revolution and Lure the Tiger Out of the Mountains: The Thirty-six Stratagems of Ancient China. Xiong Lei spent 25 years as a reporter and editor for ... Read more
Reviews for China Ink
Not only are the journalists included here highly ethical and aware, they're also largely upbeat. . . . Polumbaum's subjects are open and persuasive, and each oral history has charm and detail to spare.
Publishers Weekly
This book makes for fascinating and very timely reading. . . . Polumbaum and Xiong’s interviewees provide a vivid series of snapshots ... Read more
Publishers Weekly
This book makes for fascinating and very timely reading. . . . Polumbaum and Xiong’s interviewees provide a vivid series of snapshots ... Read more