IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/smo/jornl1/v3y2019i2p55-61.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Fighting Corruption in China Using the Media

Author

Listed:
  • Bilu GUAN

    (Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China)

Abstract

It has long been acknowledged that the media plays a critical role in fighting corruption and promoting good governance. In the Chinese context, because of the nature of the media system and censorship, the mainstream discourse of corruption is controlled by the central government. However, social media has created a robust and widely accessible civil space for journalists and civil society to engage in anti-corruption. This article explores the media’s practices in curbing corruption on both state-owned media and social media in China. Using case studies, it aims to address two questions: How and by what methods (e.g. news, documentaries) does the government communicate anti-corruption information to the public through the state-owned media? How does Chinese civil society utilize social media to interact with authority and participate in the fight against corruption? On these grounds, policy implications and recommendations for reducing corruption in China are put forth.

Suggested Citation

  • Bilu GUAN, 2019. "Fighting Corruption in China Using the Media," RAIS Journal for Social Sciences, Research Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, vol. 3(2), pages 55-61, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:smo:jornl1:v:3:y:2019:i:2:p:55-61
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://journal.rais.education/index.php/raiss/article/view/81/60
    Download Restriction: no

    File URL: http://journal.rais.education/index.php/raiss/article/view/81
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:smo:jornl1:v:3:y:2019:i:2:p:55-61. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Eduard David (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://journal.rais.education/index.php/raiss .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.