China's environment and China's environment journalists : a study / Hugo de Burgh and Zeng Rong.

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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 Range of stories and main themes; How reporters work; Media influence on environmental issues; Stories unpublished and what they tell us; Whence do journalists get their stories?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.

"Environmental issues are of growing concern in China, with numerous initiatives aimed at cultivating dialogue and increasing awareness. And key to these initiatives is the environmental journalist. The first English-language study of this burgeoning new field, this book investigates Chinese environmental journalists - their methodologies, their attitudes toward the environment, and their views on the significance of their work - and concludes that most respond enthusiastically to government promptings to report on the environment and climate change. Additional chapters demonstrate journalists' impact in helping to shape governmental decision-making."--Back cover blurb.

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