Media in Hong Kong: Press Freedom and

This book examines the Hong Kong media over a forty year period, focusing in particular on how its newspapers and TV stations have struggled for press freedom under the colonial British administration, as well as Chinese rule. Making full use of newly declassified material, extensive interviews and specific case-studies, it provides an illuminating analysis of the dynamics of political power and its relationship with media censorship. Overall, this book is an impressive discussion of the evolving face of the Hong Kong media, and is an important contribution to theoretical debates on the relationship between political power, economics, identity and journalism.

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xi
Abbreviations	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Radical tradition	p. 1
Liberal pluralist tradition	p. 4
Dissenting liberal views	p. 5
Evolution of the Hong Kong press	p. 8
Contemporary media	p. 11
In conclusion	p. 16
British policy and the Hong Kong communist press, 1967-1970	p. 17
Introduction	p. 17
The British imperial retreat and Chinese politics	p. 18
From labour dispute to anti-colonial disturbance 1967-1970	p. 21
Elite and public opinion	p. 38
Aftermath	p. 42
Conclusion	p. 44
Reporting on a jailed journalist: a textual analysis during the transition period, 1993-1997	p. 45
Introduction	p. 45
Textual analysis: reporting on a jailed journalist	p. 50
Case study	p. 53
Concluding remarks	p. 76
Reporting on the Taiwanese presidential election: a textual analysis of news coverage in the post-handover period	p. 78
Introduction	p. 78
Case study: Hong Kong's media at a historical crossroads - covering elections in Taiwan	p. 92
Concluding remarks	p. 116
Regime change and media control	p. 117
Introduction	p. 117
Flak	p. 119
Restructuring and reorientation of the media	p. 124
Effect on the organisation of news	p. 125
Epilogue: broadcasting	p. 141
Concluding remarks	p. 144
Journalistic norms and people power	p. 146
Introduction	p. 146
Rebel journalists	p. 155
Rebel publishers	p. 160
Resilient public broadcaster	p. 169
Role of the press in the struggle for academic freedom	p. 172
In retrospect	p. 174
Conclusion	p. 177
The late 1960s	p. 177
The 1990s	p. 180
The 2000s	p. 184
Retrospect	p. 186
Appendix	p. 190
Notes	p. 200
Bibliography	p. 239
Index	p. 263
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