The Power of the Media

Author: Zhao Xinshu
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Publish Date: 2002-07-01
Features: Soft Power and Global Communication; Rational Democracy, and Blind Media Dominance. – How the US Media Reported the China-US Hainan Island Incident, News Framework and National Interests. – Analysis of Chinese and US Media Coverage of the Bombing of the Chinese Embassy in South Sudan and the Protests of Chinese Students; The Art of Manufacturing Consent in the Globalization Era – Analysis of Western Media Techniques in Major Contemporary Events. This book collects selected research findings written by researchers and international visiting scholars from the Center for International Communication Research at Tsinghua University since its establishment in the summer of 1999. It first introduces the power and danger of modern media, then explores topics such as soft power and global communication, and the art of manufacturing consent in the globalization era.