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  • After the spillover effect: news flows and power relations in Chinese mainstream media

    • Authors: Fen Lin; Tsan-Kuo Chang; Xinzhi Zhang (2015)

  • Through a case study on the news flow of an online protest in China, this study explores how the power relations among the mainstream media affect, and are affected by, the spillover effect of news. Even though the Internet does serve as a catalyst to initiate alternative voices that otherwise wouldn’t be heard in the established media, the results reveal that the power structure inherent in the mainstream media (particularly within their online versions) such as bureaucratic ranks and institutional ties with party organs, plays a significant role in shaping the trajectory of news flow and media framing strategies. The Internet compensates for the disadvantage of the lower-level media...
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  • Perceptions of the media's role and job satisfaction: a survey of journalists in Xinjiang

    • Authors: Xiaoning Han; Fen Lin (2021)

  • Based on a comprehensive survey, this study presents a portrait of working journalists in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China. A typical Xinjiang journalist in this survey is a well-educated, local minority, married woman in her mid-thirties with limited experience living inland or overseas. Compared with their counterparts in the coastal regions, they are more loyal to their media organizations, have lower incomes, and are less satisfied with their jobs. Xinjiang journalists surveyed have strong political awareness, high degrees of self-censorship and divided views on journalistic professionalism. Their professional aspirations influence their job satisfaction through various me...