{"product_id":"convergent-chinese-television-industries-an-ethnography-of-chinese-production-cultures-paperback","title":"Convergent Chinese Television Industries: An Ethnography of Chinese Production Cultures - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLisa Lin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides a rich description of the shifting production cultures in convergent Chinese television industries, through the examination of daily production practices, showing how they embody a new set of opportunities and tensions across strategic, programming and individual levels. Lin argues that the current Chinese television landscape is an ideological, cultural and financial paradox in which China's one-party ideological control clashes with consumer-orientated capitalism and technological advancement. These tensions are finely poised between new opportunities for innovation and creative autonomy, and anxiety over political interference marked by censorship and state surveillance. Through its in depth study of ethnographic data across Chinese broadcast and digital streaming sectors (including CCTV, Hunan Broadcasting System, and Tencent Video), this book illuminates how Chinese producers have placed their aspirations for creative freedoms within technological advancements and rhetorical strategies, both demonstrating compliance with ideological control, and leaving room for resistance and resilience to one-party state ideology. Nuanced and timely, \u003ci\u003eConvergent Chinese Television Industries\u003c\/i\u003e unveils a complex picture of an industry undergoing dramatic transformations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn essential book for anyone seeking to understand the dynamics that drive the convergent Chinese television industry. Lin's account moves fluently between the levels of historical, technological, political and personal determinants. The exemplary use of production studies provides a comprehensive view of both the complexity and the internal contradictions of the Chinese TV industry, demonstrating how canny producers work at the edges of what is possible. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Professor John Ellis, Royal Holloway University of London \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eProfessor Lin makes a crucial contribution to our understanding with this book, bringing the rich expertise needed to appreciate the distinct dynamics of Chinese television industries and their incorporation of and negotiation with streaming video. This carefully researched book offers deep accounts of production practices informed by substantial field observations and interviews to bring new insight about major questions.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e-- Professor Amanda D. Lotz, Queensland University of Technology, Digital Media Research Centre\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book provides a rich description of the shifting production cultures in convergent Chinese television industries across strategic, programming and individual levels. Dr. Lin argues that the current moment of Chinese television is an ideological, cultural and financial paradox in which China's one-party ideology clashes with consumer-oriented capitalism and technological advancements. Drawing upon in-depth ethnography of production cultures across Chinese broadcast and digital streaming sectors, this book illuminates how Chinese producers have placed their aspirations for creative freedoms within \u003ci\u003eedge\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eball\u003c\/i\u003e practices. Nuanced and timely, Convergent Chinese Television Industries unveils a complex picture of an industry undergoing dramatic transformations. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e Lisa Lin is a television producer and university professor specialising in factual and documentary production in the UK, Singapore and China. Her producing credits include \u003ci\u003eI Wouldn't Go in There\u003c\/i\u003e (National Geographic, 2015), \u003ci\u003eG-Force\u003c\/i\u003e (Hummingbird Music, 2017), \u003ci\u003eThe Truth about Fake News\u003c\/i\u003e (Channel News Asia, 2018), \u003ci\u003eFrontline Medics Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e (Channel 4, 2020). Dr. Lin holds a PhD in Media and Communications from Royal Holloway, University of London. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr Lisa Lin\u003c\/b\u003e is a documentary producer and media scholar in the UK, Singapore and China. Her documentary credits include \u003ci\u003eI Wouldn't Go in There\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWW2 Specials\u003c\/i\u003e (National Geographic, 2015), \u003ci\u003eG-Force\u003c\/i\u003e (Hummingbird Music, 2016), \u003ci\u003eLast Breath\u003c\/i\u003e (One World Media, 2017) and \u003ci\u003eFrontline Medics Dairies\u003c\/i\u003e (Channel 4, 2020). Dr. Lin is a Research Fellow in Documentary Practice at Anglia Ruskin University. She holds a PhD in Media and Communications and MA in International Broadcasting from Royal Holloway, University of London. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 269\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 18, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42705103454271,"sku":"9783030917586","price":194.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/bd549489fd13d5380965ed444fe8ff32.webp?v=1765035544","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/convergent-chinese-television-industries-an-ethnography-of-chinese-production-cultures-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}