Seeking news, making China : information, technology, and the emergence of mass society /

"Contemporary developments in communications technologies have overturned key aspects of the global political system and transformed the media landscape. Yet interlocking technological, informational, and political revolutions have occurred many times in the past. In China, radio first arrived...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Alekna, John (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2024]
Subjects:	Press and politics > China > History > 20th century. Radio journalism > Political aspects > China > History > 20th century. Radio broadcasting > Political aspects > China > History > 20th century. China > Politics and government > 20th century. Radio > Aspect politique > Chine > Histoire > 20e siècle. Chine > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siècle. Politics and government. Press and politics. Radio broadcasting > Political aspects. Radio journalism > Political aspects. China. 1900-1999 History.

Table of Contents:

Introduction : the question of the sparrows
The newsscape of 1919
Sun Yat-sen, Shanghai, and the technopolitics of semicolonial China, 1922-1925
The Manchurian state constructs a newsscape, 1922-1931
Reading the radio, listening in the streets, 1927-1937
The occupation of the mind, 1937-1945
Red news and red women, 1937-1949
Socialized media, 1949-1958
The technopolitics of disorder
Conclusion : desire and the transformation of the newsscape.