TY  - BOOK
AU  - Burgh,Hugo de
AU  - Rong,Zeng
TI  - China's environment and China's environment journalists: a study 
SN  - 1841504696
AV  - P96.E572 C63 2011
U1  - 070.4493370951 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Bristol, UK, Chicago
PB  - Intellect
KW  - Mass media and the environment
KW  - China
KW  - Environmental policy
KW  - Press coverage
KW  - Environmental protection
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Chapter 1. Contents. Origins of this book; China's media today; Method and acknowledgments -- Chapter 2. China's environmental governance. Environmental issues: overview; The system for managing the Chinese environment; Principles of environmental governance; Issues; The localisation of power; Citizen involvement with compliance; Effects of the Internet; NGOs and what journalists think of them; The influence of globalisation; The rule of law; The right to know; External assessments -- Chapter 3. Findings. Reporting the environment: the current situation; What are the deficiencies in reporting? Range of stories and main themes; How reporters work; Media influence on environmental issues; Stories unpublished and what they tell us; Whence do journalists get their stories? Obstacles to reporting and publication; Reporters' solutions; Recent developments -- Chapter 4. Illustrative cases. The South China Sea; Xin'an area water resource development; The Round Bright Garden; The Tiger Leaping Gorge; The Tibetan antelope; Canton's ambient haze; The Songhua River story; A Xiamen chemical factory; The Nu River; The Three Gorges Dam (Dai, 1989: 6); The Sanlu milk powder case; Lake Tai and Mr Wu Lihong -- Chapter 5. Recommendations. Policy-makers and lobbyists in the environmental field; Environmental awareness among media managers; Decision makers in the Chinese media community; Developing competencies in-house; Media departments in educational establishments; Relevant Chinese authorities; International media development actors -- Chapter 6. Conclusion
N2  - "A new specialism has appeared in China in recent years, that of environment correspondent. This study investigates them to understand their attitudes towards the environment, their means of operation and their views on the significance of their own work."--Publisher's description
ER  -