Press Self-censorship in China: a Case Study in the Transformation of Discourse  

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Tong, Jingrong

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Discourse and Society (Full Text) vol. 20 no. 5 (Sep. 2009), page 593-612.
Topik: Chinese media; Critical Discourse Analysis; newsroom politics; self-censorship
Fulltext: Vol 20, no (5), page 593-612.pdf (1.2MB)

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This article examines the way in which newspaper discourse gets changed. Original reports of three social problem events that journalists sent to two different newsrooms and reports that were published are compared using critical discourse analysis. It is argued that the practice of self-censorship helps newsroom bypass political 'minefields', and at the same time increase the possibilities of the publication of the reports on highly politically sensitive topics. In this sense, in the Chinese authoritarian media system, self-censorship has potentially become a force that increases media freedom instead of a threat to media freedom. This special function of self-censorship fits what Gramsei describes as a 'war of position' for Chinese journalism.

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