From Centralization to Selective Diversification: A Historical Analysis of Media Structure and Agency in China, 1949–2013.
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From Centralization to Selective Diversification: A Historical Analysis of Media Structure and Agency in China, 1949–2013. / Sukosd, Miklos; Wang, Lake.
In: Journal of Media Business Studies, Vol. 10, No. 4, 2013, p. 83.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - From Centralization to Selective Diversification: A Historical Analysis of Media Structure and Agency in China, 1949–2013.
AU - Sukosd, Miklos
AU - Wang, Lake
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - This article examines the dynamics of media centralization and diversification of media in China from 1949 to 2013. Drawing on Bourdieu’s field theory, we conceptualize media structure as the structure of the media field, which encompasses 1) the field boundaries and 2) the internal differentiation of the field. Within the historically changing fields, we also explore 3) the operation of media organizations by using agency theory. We conclude that recent media diversification in China is manifested in the controlled, selective and limited widening of field boundaries; the internal diversification of media structure; and the bifurcation of the contract governing the principal-agent relationship between the party-state and media organizations.
AB - This article examines the dynamics of media centralization and diversification of media in China from 1949 to 2013. Drawing on Bourdieu’s field theory, we conceptualize media structure as the structure of the media field, which encompasses 1) the field boundaries and 2) the internal differentiation of the field. Within the historically changing fields, we also explore 3) the operation of media organizations by using agency theory. We conclude that recent media diversification in China is manifested in the controlled, selective and limited widening of field boundaries; the internal diversification of media structure; and the bifurcation of the contract governing the principal-agent relationship between the party-state and media organizations.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - media centralization
KW - censorship
KW - media diversification
KW - media structure
KW - China
KW - media ownership
KW - principal-agent relationship
KW - media control
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1080/16522354.2013.11073577
DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/16522354.2013.11073577
M3 - Journal article
VL - 10
SP - 83
JO - Journal of Media Business Studies
JF - Journal of Media Business Studies
SN - 1652-2354
IS - 4
ER -
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