From Centralization to Selective Diversification: A Historical Analysis of Media Structure and Agency in China, 1949–2013.

Miklos Sukosd; Lake Wang

doi:10.1080/16522354.2013.11073577

From Centralization to Selective Diversification: A Historical Analysis of Media Structure and Agency in China, 1949–2013.

Miklos Sukosd, Lake Wang

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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.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Journal of Media Business Studies
Vol/bind	10
Udgave nummer	4
Sider (fra-til)	83
Antal sider	104
ISSN	1652-2354
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1080/16522354.2013.11073577
Status	Udgivet - dec. 2013
Udgivet eksternt	Ja

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