Transformation of Investigative Journalism in China

Haiyan Wang is associate professor in the School of Media and Communication at Shenzhen University.

• Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Chinese Media Reform and Its Critique Chapter 3: Investigative Journalism: Triumph and FailureChapter 4 Reporting Space for the Chinese JournalistsChapter 5: Advocacy Tradition in the Chinese Press HistoryChapter 6: Media Professionalism and Activism Chapter 7: The Rise of Activist Journalism: Four CasesChapter 8: The Chinese Activist JournalistsChapter 9: Conclusion

Wang (Shenzhen Univ.) describes how elite Chinese journalists recently created a professional paradigm that blends social activism with investigative reporting. Wang suggests the formation of an investigative and advocacy journalistic model is a unique adaptation to contemporary governmental controls, social norms, and journalistic practices in China. Wang explains that leading Chinese journalists are increasingly focused on fostering democratic reforms in China and sometimes help organize social reform movements.... [T]he text is well researched with helpful chapter footnotes, a bibliography, and an index. The book’s thesis contrasts with the portrayal of Chinese journalism in some recent books, such as Doug Young's The Party Line: How the Media Dictates Public Opinion in Modern China (Wiley, 2013). Recommended for collections in international journalism as well as contemporary Chinese culture. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals.