Profit or ideology? The Chinese press between party and market
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Since Deng Xiaoping has led China to economic reforms, newspapers that were once the ideological tools of the party-state, are now forced to operate without subsidies. Papers are now competing for readers and recently, competing against television. Newspapers are fighting back by developing weekend entertainment editions, forming conglomerations and developing their own means of distribution. Now newspapers are beholden to the public and party leaders, who can still remove the editor-in-chief.
Publication Name: Media, Culture & Society
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0163-4437
Year: 1998
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Beyond the state: civil society and the Nigerian press under military rule
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The media in Nigeria, although they are mostly state-owned, do not simply reflect the views of the ruling group, whether military or civilian. Nigerian newspapers have a long-standing relationship with various sectors of civil society which goes back to pre-colonial days. The classic model of state-dominated media, with civil society having no importance, does not hold. Ethnic, religious, regional and class structures and organizations affect the press and help shape political debate.
Publication Name: Media, Culture & Society
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0163-4437
Year: 1993
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A reassessment of the alternative press
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Defining the difference between the alternative press and the mainstream is difficult. Alternative presses are not simply non-commercial or express opinions hostile to established beliefs, because their success will be judged in terms of increased circulation. The alternative press cannot escape the paradox that it is an anti-capitalist entity trying to survive in a capitalist environment, no matter how much it discusses alternative economies.
Publication Name: Media, Culture & Society
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0163-4437
Year: 1999
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