Reviews
'This contribution to comparative and global television studies provides readers with an enhanced level of expertise and insight into some of the most fascinating and significant media dynamics at work in our contemporary culture.' - John Downing, Global Media Research Center, Southern Illinois University, USA 'In this book Ying Zhu provides an outstanding account of television in China. Her synthetic analysis of political economy, industrial practice and program content, all set in historical contexts is a model for future study of any national television system.' - Horace Newcomb, Lambdin Kay Chair for the Peabodys and Director, The George Foster Peabody Awards, The University of Georgia, USA, 'This contribution to comparative and global television studies provides readers with an enhanced level of expertise and insight into some of the most fascinating and significant media dynamics at work in our contemporary culture.' - John Downing, Global Media Research Center, Southern Illinois University, USA 'In this book Ying Zhu provides an outstanding account of television in China. Her synthetic analysis of political economy, industrial practice and program content, all set in historical contexts is a model for future study of any national television system.' - Horace Newcomb, Lambdin Kay Chair for the Peabodys and Director, The George Foster Peabody Awards, The University of Georgia, USA "Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty." - CHOICE, October 2008 Vol. 46 No. 02, 'This contribution to comparative and global television studies provides readers with an enhanced level of expertise and insight into some of the most fascinating and significant media dynamics at work in our contemporary culture.'- John Downing, Global Media Research Center, Southern Illinois University, USA 'In this book Ying Zhu provides an outstanding account of television in China. Her synthetic analysis of political economy, industrial practice and program content, all set in historical contexts is a model for future study of any national television system.'- Horace Newcomb, Lambdin Kay Chair for the Peabodys and Director, The George Foster Peabody Awards, The University of Georgia, USA "Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty." - CHOICE, October 2008 Vol. 46 No. 02, "This contribution to comparative and global television studies provides readers with an enhanced level of expertise and insight into some of the most fascinating and significant media dynamics at work in our contemporary culture." John Downing Global Media Research Center, Southern Illinois University "In this book Ying Zhu provides an outstanding account of television in China. Her synthetic analysis of political economy, industrial practice and program content, all set in historical contexts is a model for future study of any national television system." Horace Newcomb Lambdin Kay Chair for the Peabodys and Director, The George Foster Peabody Awards The University of Georgia