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Download or read book Media in Hong Kong written by Carol P. Lai and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-03-12 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the Hong Kong media over a forty year period, focusing in particular on how its newspapers and TV stations have struggled for press freedom under the colonial British administration, as well as Chinese rule. Making full use of newly declassified material, extensive interviews and specific case-studies, it provides an illuminating analysis of the dynamics of political power and its relationship with media censorship. Overall, this book is an impressive discussion of the evolving face of the Hong Kong media, and is an important contribution to theoretical debates on the relationship between political power, economics, identity and journalism.