[ecrea] New book - The Political Economy of News in China: Manufacturing Harmony (Lexington)

The Political Economy of News in China: Manufacturing Harmony is the 
first full-scale application of Herman and Chomsky’s classic propaganda 
model to the news media of a country with a system that is not outwardly 
similar to the United States. Jesse Owen Hearns-Branaman examines the 
news media of the People’s Republic of China using the five filters of 
the original model. The text asks provocative questions concerning the 
nature of media ownership, the effect of government or private ownership 
on media content, the elite-centered nature news sourcing patterns, the 
benefits and costs of having active special interest groups to influence 
news coverage, the continued usefulness of the concepts of censorship 
and propaganda, the ability of advertisers to indirectly influence news 
production, and the potential increase of pro-capitalist, 
pro-consumerist ideology and nationalism in Chinese news media.



Available from rowman.com/ISBN/9780739182925, use code LEX30AUTH14 to 
get 30% off.



Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Why the People’s Republic of China?
Chapter 3: Why the Propaganda Model?
Chapter 4: Ownership, Size, and Profit Motive Filter
Chapter 5: Sourcing Filter
Chapter 6: External Influences: Flak and Advertisers
Chapter 7: Dominant Ideology Filter
Chapter 8: Conclusion



“By testing the Propaganda Model outside of the country for which it was 
developed, and by applying it to the rapidly evolving Chinese media 
scene, this book adds to the growing literature on the continuing and 
global relevance of the model and provides new insights on the operation 
and likely future direction of the Chinese media. This is a must-read 
for Chinese media specialists and those interested in the political 
economy literature.” — Andrew Mullen, Northumbria University

“Jesse Hearns-Branaman makes a bold and provocative claim, not just 
about news journalism in the PRC, but also those in the U.S. and 
elsewhere. He presses this claim with great panache, citing a wide range 
of theories and masses of evidence. There is no doubt that this book 
represents a challenge to some of the common assumptions that underlie 
many of the comparative research projects that have appeared in recent 
years. The clarity and directness of his writing will make this book a 
valuable resource for teachers and researchers in journalism studies and 
more broadly for those engaged in writing and teaching about comparative 
media.” — Colin Sparks, Hong Kong Baptist University



Jesse Owen Hearns-Branaman is lecturer of media and communication at the 
Graduate School of Language and Communication, National Institute of 
Development Administration, Thailand.






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