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China Censors Adopt Agenda Setting

Posted by Thomas Crampton, October 28, 2008 11:22 PM

China’s censors have evolved from blocking news to agenda-setting on potentially negative stories, Ying Chan, director of Hong Kong University’s journalism program, says. (Among other trends from a new China media book discussed with Thomas Crampton.)

 

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Agenda-setting is a Western concept imported into China. And it's a practice widely practiced by Western governments/politicians long before the Chinese government began to use it.

Posted by: Ironically | October 30, 2008 4:57 AM

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