Jornal de Comunicação de Massa e Jornalismo

Research on Chinese Media and Communication: China and the West

Abstract

Fan Dong

This is a content analysis of Chinese media and communication studies published in the top four Chinese journals, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, International Communication Association, National Communication Association journals, and top European journals from 1998 to 2010. Developed on previous studies, this study further explores objective of study, level of analysis, countries in comparison and author affiliation. This study strives to identify basic contours of studies on Chinese media communication in China and beyond; locate junctions and disjunctions between Chinese and Western perspectives concerning media and communication studies.