Chinese tabloid is a newspaper format that became extremely popular in the People's Republic of China in the mid-1990s.[1] Like tabloids in the rest of the world, they focus on sensationalism and scandal.
History
editThe rise of the tabloid format is associated with withdrawal of governmental subsidies to newspapers in the late 1980s.[2] Faced with the possibility of bankruptcy, many newspapers changed their formats to emphasize investigative reporting and bold editorial policies. Many of these newspapers are owned by units of the Chinese Communist Party; however, this ownership has the odd effect of giving the newspapers the political cover to take a more critical line against the government.[citation needed]
Others argue that although tabloids have inadvertently led to a fragmented and decentralized press structure that undermines core party organs, the Chinese regime has maintained a fundamental stronghold on public discourse through media market influence and political control.[3]
Notable coverage
editChinese tabloids have been crucial in breaking some of the major stories on social crises facing mainland China including the AIDS epidemic in Henan,[4][5] the dangers of coal mining, and the corruption inherent in the system of custody and repatriation.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ International Communication Gazette. (October 2001) vol. 63 no. 5 435-450 China's State-Run Tabloids Retrieved 20 Jul 2013
- ^ Huang, Chengju (2021-03-08), Conboy, Martin; Eldridge II, Scott A. (eds.), "The rise and fall of tabloid journalism in post-Mao China", Global Tabloid (1 ed.), Routledge, pp. 183–197, doi:10.4324/9780429320880-12, ISBN 978-0-429-32088-0, S2CID 233797018
- ^ Zhao, Yuezhi (2000-06-01). "From Commercialization to Conglomeration: The Transformation of the Chinese Press Within the Orbit of the Party State". Journal of Communication. 50 (2): 3–26. doi:10.1111/j.1460-2466.2000.tb02839.x. ISSN 0021-9916.
- ^ Gittings, John (2001-06-11). "The Aids scandal China could not hush up". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-11-27.
- ^ Bandurski, David (2008-05-19). "Facing crisis, one of Sichuan's top commercial tabloids returns briefly to its party-paper roots". China Media Project. Retrieved 2024-11-27.