China week on the BBC: the media making knowledge and writing history
Harrison, M. 2007. China week on the BBC: the media making knowledge and writing history. China Media Research. 3 (1), pp. 17-25.
| Title | China week on the BBC: the media making knowledge and writing history |
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| Authors | Harrison, M. |
| Abstract | In March of 2005, the British Broadcasting Corporation ran a special week of programming about China in its news and current affairs services on television and radio called “China Week”. This paper argues that the BBC was engaged in a specific task of producing knowledge about China in which a traditional commitment to media objectivity conflicted with a self-conscious interpretation of China for a British audience. The paper suggests that in this ambiguity was a failure to understand the way the BBC was writing a Chinese history or to acknowledge the ideological implications of such a task. |
| Keywords | BBC, China Week |
| Journal | China Media Research |
| Journal citation | 3 (1), pp. 17-25 |
| ISSN | 1556-889X |
| Year | Jan 2007 |
| Web address (URL) | http://www.chinamediaresearch.net/vol3no1/Article_3_Mark_Harrison.pdf |
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| Published | Jan 2007 |
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