Meng, Bingchun (2016) Political scandal at the end of ideology? The mediatized politics of the Bo Xilai case. Media, Culture & Society, 38 (6). 811 - 826. ISSN 0163-4437
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Abstract
In this article, I use the high-profile Bo Xilai case to illustrate the dialectics of media and politics in contemporary China. I start by explaining some of the similarities and key differences between mediatized politics in the West and in China. This leads to an emphasis on the ideological dimension of media logic that is largely missing from discussions derived from a liberal democratic context. I then analyze the dialectics of the mediatized ideological struggle and politicized media logic running through the Bo Xilai scandal. In the last section, I summarize the theoretical contributions that the Chinese case makes to the study of mediatized politics.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://mcs.sagepub.com/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2015 The Author |
| Divisions: | Media and Communications |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) J Political Science > JQ Political institutions Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Oct 2015 09:46 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Sep 2024 07:00 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/64067 |
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