TY  - JOUR
AU  - Lee, Hsiao-wen
JF  - Javnost-The Public
TI  - The Popular Press and Its Public in China
VL  - 17
IS  - 3
PY  - 2010
SN  - 1854-8377
PB  - EURICOM
UR  - https://javnost-thepublic.org/article/2010/3/5/
N2  - The result of media reform in China has led to the
profit-driven popular press, instead of the Party press,
developing rapidly and heavily influencing the public life
in the country. How do the people negotiate with the
political power and form their own “public” in daily life
through reading the popular press? On the one hand, as
the ordinary Chinese people keep their distance from public
affairs, they fail to respond to the coverage that is always
controlled by the power of the state; this leads to people’s
dissent from or indifference to the headlines or important
news in the popular press. On the other hand, compared
with the stuffy and always-positive news of propaganda
that is far from their daily lives, trivial news happens under
circumstances that are more sensible and meaningful for
them. People refer to their reason and sense in daily life to
criticise what the truth is. In the meantime, the “public” is
aroused through controversy and disagreement.
U1  - Print ISSN: 1318-3222
ER  -