Unraveling global discontents in the Chinese society: The role of media and individuals' negative perceptions about globalization

Wan-Ying Lin Like many other major transformative processes, globalization produces winners and losers. While large-scale surveys and cases studies have revealed different levels of resistance to globalization in many countries all over the world, little is known about how this movement is received or opposed in the Chinese society. This study intends to unravel global

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Exposure to foreign media content: A comparison of Mainland China and Hong Kong audiences

Mike Z. Yao As Mainland China becomes an increasingly globalized society, there are more opportunities for Mainland Chinese to be exposed to and interact with the outside world. However, the Chinese government still attempts to restrict foreign television programs, books, newspapers, Web sites, and other forms of media in an effort to control China's cultural

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Keynote Speech on the Status of Communication Research

Professor Lee Chin-Chuan was the invited keynote speaker at the annual conference of the Chinese Communication Society held in Taipei on 4 July 2008, and again at the first Young Communication Scholars' Forum held at Nanjing University on 1 August 2008. His speech was entitled “Communication Research: Its Identity Problems and Further Challenges.”

The Ambivalent Other: Chinese Nationalism, Media, and the Imagined America

Chin-Chuan Lee This paper seeks to compare the role of the media and nationalist feelings in constructing the image of the United States as an ambivalent other among mainland Chinese and Hong Kong Chinese. The image of the United States incorporates four dimensions: U.S. global leadership, U.S. hegemony, positive way of life, and negative way

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Conceptualizing and Measuring “Glocality”: A Comparison of China and Hong Kong

Dr. Zhou He The concept of “glocalization” means “the creation of products or services intended for the global market, but customized to suit the local cultures” (Roberson, 1995). It refers to both the status and consequence of the glocalization movement. It blends both the “global” and “local” and evolves along with the two-way glocalization process,

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