Seeking truth in international TV news : China, CGTN and the BBC /: China, CGTN and the BBC. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Vivien Marsh.
• Authors: Marsh, Vivien
• Contents: List of Figures ; List of Tables ; Preface ; List of Abbreviations ; Glossary 1. A Battle for Global Influence Everything Comes from Somewhere; Going Global; Contested Concepts: Soft Power; Contested Concepts: Impartiality and Balance; Contested Concepts: Propaganda; The Power of the Individual; The Ritual of International News; Chapter Overviews 2. Seeking ‘Truth’ from Facts A Tale of Two News Channels; CCTV in English 1986-2010; CCTV-News 2010-2016; CGTN in English 2017–; BBC World Service Television News 1991-1995; BBC World and BBC World News 1995–; Into Africa, the Americas and Europe; Fractured Worlds; Comparing the News; Categorising the Reporting; Precisions and Limitations 3. Telling China’s Story Well Getting the Story Straight; Two Caged Tigers: The Bo and Zhou Trials; China and its Place in the World; Lunar New Year; The ‘Two Sessions’ Political Meetings; Covering (the Rest of) China Whose China Story? 4. Responding to Disaster The Bearers of Bad News; The 2015 Yangtze Capsize; The 2019 Jiangsu Explosion; Yangtze to Jiangsu: What Changed? 5. Covering Political Unrest One Region, Two Narratives; The 2014 Hong Kong ‘Umbrella’ Protests; The 2019 Hong Kong Extradition Bill Crisis; CGTN’s New Voice; Media Wars; ‘Small Acts of Journalism’?; Strengthening Frames 6. Redefining African News; China’s News for Africa: Experiment or Expedient?; Changing Africa’s Media Image; Comparisons in Figures; Comparisons in Framing; China in Africa; Which Journalism, and for Whom?; The African Exception 7. Islam, ‘Terror’ and National Identity; Enemies Without and Within; Two Stories of Xinjiang, 2018-2021; Seeking Facts: The 2014 Attacks; Defining Terrorism; 2015: The Case of Charlie Hebdo ; Manufacturing Context 8. A Trojan Dragon and its Achilles Heel; The Battle for Discourse Power; Seeking Answers: News Content; Seeking Answers: Power and Partiality; Sharp Power, Blunt Weapon; The Achilles Heel; The Imperilled Centenarian; The Casualty of Truths; Never Again ‘News From Nowhere’ Appendices ; Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (248 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 070.195; Television broadcasting of news -- China; Television broadcasting of news -- Great Britain; Television broadcasting of news -- Objectivity
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000852844; 9781000852882
• Related ISBNs: 9780367558529
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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