Influences of politics and economics upon photographic content in Chinese newspapers |
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| Authors: | Keith Kenney |
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| Institution: | Assistant professor in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications , University of South Carolina , |
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| Abstract: | During the mid‐1980s political pressure upon Chinese journalists decreased, financial pressure upon their newspapers increased and photojournalism gained importance. This study compares the content of photographs in three ‘official’ and three hybrid ‘official‐commercial’ Chinese newspapers. Photographs were found to be less important in ‘official’ newspapers. Subjects and values of concern to government and Party leaders appeared more frequently in ‘official‐commercial’ papers. This study also shows that in a period of political and economic reform, diversity exists in photographic news content and that photographs frequently serve public interests. |
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