Chinese media analysis

This unit is designed for students with advanced Chinese reading and writing skills to conduct a project-based study the Chinese-language media. It introduces you to a discipline-based study of Chinese media, focusing on the history of Chinese media, and representations of cultural, economic and political issues in the contemporary Chinese media. The unit will cover Chinese-language media in mainland China and internationally. The unit will consist of two-hour biweekly workshops and two-hour weekly seminars. You will survey and analyse a wide range of news reports, commentaries and other types of publication appearing in major Chinese language media sources, online or offline, guided by the arguments, concepts and methods employed in the field of Chinese media studies. By introducing you to a wide range of scholarly materials about the Chinese media, this unit also aims to strengthen your academic writing skills.