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Self-Caging or Playing With the Edge? News Selection Autonomy in Authoritarian China

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  • Xianwen Kuang

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This article studies how the political affiliation and administrative rank of news organizations in a nondemocratic setting affect news selection autonomy. While existing studies have found that further commercialization contributes to more news selection autonomy, the extent to which political affiliation and administrative rank of news media explain autonomy remains unknown. Eight Chinese news organizations of varying political affiliations and administrative ranks were thus selected to compare their news and frame selection strategies. The findings reveal that political affiliation largely explains news selection autonomy: Party-affiliated outlets generally have lower news selection autonomy than nonparty outlets. Administrative rank has some effect on news selection autonomy in the highly competitive media markets, where news organizations with a lower administrative ranking must play more with propaganda control to compete with their higher ranking counterparts.

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  • Xianwen Kuang, 2020. "Self-Caging or Playing With the Edge? News Selection Autonomy in Authoritarian China," SAGE Open, , vol. 10(2), pages 21582440209, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:sagope:v:10:y:2020:i:2:p:2158244020922980
    DOI: 10.1177/2158244020922980
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    1. Jian Yang & Chaohua Dong & Yongjin Chen, 2021. "Government’s Economic Performance Fosters Trust in Government in China: Assessing the Moderating Effect of Respect for Authority," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 154(2), pages 545-558, April.
    2. Tao Wu & Lin Gui & Liguo Zhang & Chih-Chun Kung, 2023. "Information Jamming and Capture Cost: A Global Game Analysis of Collective Action," SAGE Open, , vol. 13(1), pages 21582440221, January.

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