Publish to perish: regime choices and propaganda impact in the anti-Falungong publications campaign, July 1999-April 2000
This article analyses the operational choices and policy impact of the Anti-Falungong Publications Campaign in 1999-2000, in particular, the campaign strategy, publisher selection, propaganda themes, and public receptivity. It finds that the state-controlled publications industry still possesses for...
| Published in: | Journal of contemporary China |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
2005
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| In: |
Journal of contemporary China
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| Further subjects: | B
Volksrepublik China
Falun Gong
Religious organization
Verhältnis Religionsgemeinschaft - Staat
Campaign
Propaganda
Communication policy / Informations-
B Campaign B State B China B Communication policy B Religious organization B Propaganda B Information policy |
| Summary: | This article analyses the operational choices and policy impact of the Anti-Falungong Publications Campaign in 1999-2000, in particular, the campaign strategy, publisher selection, propaganda themes, and public receptivity. It finds that the state-controlled publications industry still possesses formidable institutional capacity, producing three series of 120 titles in nine months, in a vintage year of major anniversaries and special events all requiring commemorative publications. But the campaign also reveals some basic institutional weaknesses of the propaganda system. The 120 anti-Falungong titles had only limited circulation. None of the 120 titles made it to the best publications or best-sellers list. The above findings suggest that the publications industry is more market-driven than regime driven, its operational choices informed more by best-selling trends and financial bottom-lines rather than dictates of the Propaganda Department. (J Contemp China/DÜI) |
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| ISSN: | 1067-0564 |
| Contains: | In: Journal of contemporary China
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