Strikes, Social Media and the Press: Why Chinese Authorities Allow or Suppress New and Old Media Coverage of Labor Disputes

标题Strikes, Social Media and the Press: Why Chinese Authorities Allow or Suppress New and Old Media Coverage of Labor Disputes
出版物类型会议论文
出版物年份2014
作者Cairns, Christopher, and Elfstrom, Manfred
Date Published2014///
出版社APSA 2014 Annual Meeting Paper
Conference LocationWashington, DC
关键词China, journalism, media coverage, media suppression, strikes
Abstract

China has a long history of working class activism, and amidst the restructuring of state-owned enterprises and the expansion of coastal sweatshop production, strikes, protests, and riots by Chinese workers have risen dramatically over the past two decades. Simultaneously, the marketization of the country’s traditional, state-controlled newspapers and the expansion of Internet usage have led to a livelier media environment, albeit one still subject to heavy censorship and influenced by top-down propaganda campaigns. How exactly these two trends increased labor unrest and a qualitative change in what Chinese are reading and writing in different forums - come together could have important implications for the ability of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to build a “harmonious society.”

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