%0 Journal Article %1 huang2003tmv %A Huang, C. %D 2003 %I Blackwell Synergy %J The Journal of Communication %K China nationalism soviet_media state_media transition %N 3 %P 444--459 %R 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2003.tb02601.x %T Transitional Media vs. Normative Theories: Schramm, Altschull, and China %V 53 %X Wilbur Schramm's "Soviet" communist model and J. Herbert Altschull's "Marxist" approach have been widely used as general theoretical frameworks to examine press systems in the Marxist world in general and China in particular. Though a growing literature suggested significant changes in Chinese journalism in the past 2 decades, very few studies have sent a direct challenge to the 2 models' theoretical wisdom through the Chinese case. This article finds neither of the 2 models is sufficient in conceptualizing the Chinese case because of Chinese news media's transitional nature and the 2 models' inner theoretical flaws as normative press theories. Furthermore, realizing the growing conflict between normative media theories and accelerated post-Cold War global media transformation, the author suggests using a transitional media approach to revisit the traditional normative media approach and calls for a more systematic study of the transitional phenomenon of global media systems.

@article{huang2003tmv, __markedentry = {[afeld]}, abstract = {Wilbur Schramm's "Soviet" communist model and J. Herbert Altschull's "Marxist" approach have been widely used as general theoretical frameworks to examine press systems in the Marxist world in general and China in particular. Though a growing literature suggested significant changes in Chinese journalism in the past 2 decades, very few studies have sent a direct challenge to the 2 models' theoretical wisdom through the Chinese case. This article finds neither of the 2 models is sufficient in conceptualizing the Chinese case because of Chinese news media's transitional nature and the 2 models' inner theoretical flaws as normative press theories. Furthermore, realizing the growing conflict between normative media theories and accelerated post-Cold War global media transformation, the author suggests using a transitional media approach to revisit the traditional normative media approach and calls for a more systematic study of the transitional phenomenon of global media systems.}, added-at = {2008-05-02T14:07:20.000+0200}, author = {Huang, C.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/24cf8fc6046502d90931b20142c775059/acf}, doi = {10.1111/j.1460-2466.2003.tb02601.x}, interhash = {32ca68a90509b466e75de3b857575dc6}, intrahash = {4cf8fc6046502d90931b20142c775059}, journal = {The Journal of Communication}, keywords = {China nationalism soviet_media state_media transition}, note = {Chengju Huang is a postdoctoral fellow in journalism and media studies at Central Queensland University, Australia.}, number = 3, pages = {444--459}, publisher = {Blackwell Synergy}, timestamp = {2008-05-02T14:07:21.000+0200}, title = {{Transitional Media vs. Normative Theories: Schramm, Altschull, and China}}, volume = 53, year = 2003 }