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Description for TV China
Paperback. A collection of essays that discusses TV institutions, programming, and audiences in Greater China and the Chinese diaspora. Editor(s): Zhu, Ying; Berry, Christopher. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 b&w photos, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APT; JFD. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 158 x 238 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
If radio and film were the emblematic media of the Maoist era, television has rapidly established itself as the medium of the "marketized" China and in the diaspora. In less than two decades, television has become the dominant medium across the Chinese cultural world. TV China is the first anthology in English on this phenomenon. Covering the People's Republic, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the Chinese diaspora, these 12 original essays introduce and analyze the Chinese television industry, its programming, the policies shaping it, and its audiences.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253220264
SKU
V9780253220264
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Ying Zhu
Ying Zhu is Associate Professor of Cinema Studies in the Department of Media Culture, City University of New York, Staten Island. Chris Berry is Professor of Film and Television Studies in the Department of Media and Communication at Goldsmiths College, University of London.
Reviews for TV China
[This] volume has succeeded in filling a number of gaps, most notably in bringing together within one volume various approaches to the study of Chinese television as a cultural phenomenon that is at once national, transnational, and diasporic. It is a welcome addition to the field, and students and researchers of Chinese media, culture and society, as well as television studies academics in general, should find the book a very useful reference.199 Sept. 2009
Wanning Sun
China Quarterly
TV China provides us with a timely and comprehensive compilation of writings on Chinese television. By presenting the regional dynamics of Chinese television production and reception, Ying Zhu and Chris Berry provide a broad canvas enriched by contemporary media theory. . . . In summary, this is a fine collection, and will become a benchmark for students and researchers of Chinese media. No. 63, Jan. 2010
The China Journal
Zhu and Berry have succeeded in fulfilling their objective of offering 'balanced coverage' of the topic of Chinese television. Culturally and geographically, this anthology covers mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the Chinese diaspora. Four key research areas demarcate its distinct thematic sections: institutions, programming, reception, and 'going global'.32.2 2012
HIST JRNL FILM RADIO & TV
. . . The book's content certainly helps to fill in cracks and crannies of Chinese television studies, for which readers will be thankful . . . July 2009
Choice
TV China is a very welcome addition to the limited number of major works dedicated to this topic. To varying degrees and adopting diverse approaches, individual contributors have updated and expanded our current knowledge of Chinese television...the volume has succeeded in filling a number of gaps, most notably in bringing together within one volume various approaches to the study of Chinese television as a cultural phenomenon that is at once national, transnational and diasporic. It is a welcome addition to the field, and students and researchers of Chinese media, culture and society, as well as television studies academics in general, should find the book a very useful reference.Sept. 2009
Wanning Sun
China Quarterly
Wanning Sun
China Quarterly
TV China provides us with a timely and comprehensive compilation of writings on Chinese television. By presenting the regional dynamics of Chinese television production and reception, Ying Zhu and Chris Berry provide a broad canvas enriched by contemporary media theory. . . . In summary, this is a fine collection, and will become a benchmark for students and researchers of Chinese media. No. 63, Jan. 2010
The China Journal
Zhu and Berry have succeeded in fulfilling their objective of offering 'balanced coverage' of the topic of Chinese television. Culturally and geographically, this anthology covers mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the Chinese diaspora. Four key research areas demarcate its distinct thematic sections: institutions, programming, reception, and 'going global'.32.2 2012
HIST JRNL FILM RADIO & TV
. . . The book's content certainly helps to fill in cracks and crannies of Chinese television studies, for which readers will be thankful . . . July 2009
Choice
TV China is a very welcome addition to the limited number of major works dedicated to this topic. To varying degrees and adopting diverse approaches, individual contributors have updated and expanded our current knowledge of Chinese television...the volume has succeeded in filling a number of gaps, most notably in bringing together within one volume various approaches to the study of Chinese television as a cultural phenomenon that is at once national, transnational and diasporic. It is a welcome addition to the field, and students and researchers of Chinese media, culture and society, as well as television studies academics in general, should find the book a very useful reference.Sept. 2009
Wanning Sun
China Quarterly