The world was watching Hong Kong as its sovereignty was returned to China in 1997. Many predicted that it was the doomsday of press freedom in the city. This book provides an up-to-date review of the dynamic relationship between media and political power in the post-handover years.
The world was watching Hong Kong as its sovereignty was returned to China in 1997. Many predicted that it was the doomsday of press freedom in the ...
Since 2003, Hong Kong has witnessed a series of large-scale protests which constituted the core of a reinvigorated pro-democracy movement. What drove tens of thousands of citizens to the street on a yearly basis to protest? What were the social and organizational bases of the protest movement? How did media and public discourses affect the protests' formation and mobilization? How did the protesters understand their own actions and the political environment? This book tackles such questions by using a wide range of methods, including population and protest onsite surveys, media content...
Since 2003, Hong Kong has witnessed a series of large-scale protests which constituted the core of a reinvigorated pro-democracy movement. What drove ...
