Media Social Mobilisation And Mass Protests In Post Colonial Hong Kong

Author : Francis L. F. Lee,Joseph M. Chan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136860423

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Media, Social Mobilisation and Mass Protests in Post-colonial Hong Kong by Francis L. F. Lee,Joseph M. Chan Pdf

Since 2003, Hong Kong has witnessed a series of large-scale protests which have constituted the core of a reinvigorated pro-democracy movement. What drove tens of thousands of citizens to the street on a yearly basis to protest? What were the social and organizational bases of the protest movement? How did media and public discourses affect the protests’ formation and mobilization? How did the protesters understand their own actions and the political environment? This book tackles such questions by using a wide range of methods, including population and protest onsite surveys, media content analysis, and in-depth interviews with activists, politicians, and protest participants. It provides an account of the "self-mobilization processes" behind the historic July 1, 2003 protest, and how the protest kick-started new political dynamics and discursive contestations in the public arena which not only turned a single protest into a series of collective actions constituting a movement, but also continually shaped the movement’s characteristics and influence. The book is highly pertinent to readers interested in political development in Hong Kong, and as a case study on "the power of critical events," the book also has broad implications on the study of both media politics and social movements in general.

Author : Francis Lap Fung Lee,Joseph Man Chan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis US
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Hong Kong (China)
ISBN : 0415596068

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Media, Social Mobilization and Mass Protests in Post-colonial Hong Kong by Francis Lap Fung Lee,Joseph Man Chan Pdf

This book discusses why the Hong Kong protest movement emerged at a specific time, how it developed from a single protest into a series collective actions, and how effective it has been in changing government policy. It argues that the news media has been crucial - more so than political parties or the movement's organisers - in determining how the protests have developed, and it examines the possible connections between the 1 July protests in Hong Kong and the pro-democracy protests in China.

Author : Francis L. F. Lee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315405889

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Media, Mobilization and the Umbrella Movement by Francis L. F. Lee Pdf

The Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong caught the world’s attention and imagination at the end of 2014. The 79-day occupation campaign took on some of the characteristics of the recent wave of large-scale protest movements around the world, including the prominent roles played by the media – both conventional and digital – in the mobilization and communication processes of the movement. This edited volume, Media, Mobilization and the Umbrella Movement, brings together nine contributions which examine various aspects of the media-movement nexus, including the power of televised images to mobilize people, the role of social media in the insurgent public sphere, young activists’ social media strategies, media influence on citizens’ understanding of civil disobedience, the government’s response to digital media tactics, public discourses about the rule of law, and local and foreign media coverage of the movement. We believe that this high-quality collection can not only enhance our understanding of the Umbrella Movement, but also facilitate and trigger more research and dialogue comparing the Umbrella Movement with other similar protest movements around the world. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Chinese Journal of Communication.

Author : Francis L. F. Lee,Joseph M. Chan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136860430

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Media, Social Mobilisation and Mass Protests in Post-colonial Hong Kong by Francis L. F. Lee,Joseph M. Chan Pdf

Since 2003, Hong Kong has witnessed a series of large-scale protests which have constituted the core of a reinvigorated pro-democracy movement. What drove tens of thousands of citizens to the street on a yearly basis to protest? What were the social and organizational bases of the protest movement? How did media and public discourses affect the protests’ formation and mobilization? How did the protesters understand their own actions and the political environment? This book tackles such questions by using a wide range of methods, including population and protest onsite surveys, media content analysis, and in-depth interviews with activists, politicians, and protest participants. It provides an account of the "self-mobilization processes" behind the historic July 1, 2003 protest, and how the protest kick-started new political dynamics and discursive contestations in the public arena which not only turned a single protest into a series of collective actions constituting a movement, but also continually shaped the movement’s characteristics and influence. The book is highly pertinent to readers interested in political development in Hong Kong, and as a case study on "the power of critical events," the book also has broad implications on the study of both media politics and social movements in general.

Author : Francis Lap Fung Lee,Joseph Man Chan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190856779

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Media and Protest Logics in the Digital Era by Francis Lap Fung Lee,Joseph Man Chan Pdf

For 79 days in 2014, Hong Kong became the focus of international attention due to a public demonstration for genuine democracy that would become known as the Umbrella Movement. On the surface, this movement was not unlike other large-scale protest movements that have occurred in recent years. However, it was distinct in how bottom-up processes evolved into a centrally organized, programmatic movement with concrete policy demands. This book analyzes how traditional mass media institutions and digital media combined with on-the-ground networks in such a way as to propel citizen participation and.

Author : Joseph M. Chan,Francis L.F. Lee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317968788

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Media and Politics in Post-Handover Hong Kong by Joseph M. Chan,Francis L.F. Lee Pdf

The world was watching Hong Kong as its sovereignty was returned to China in 1997. Many predicted that it was the doomsday of press freedom in the city. Now, a decade after the handover, this book provides an up-to-date review of the dynamic relationship between media and political power in the post-handover years. It covers seven key issues including the mapping of the changing boundaries of press freedom, the impact of media ownership change on editorial stance, the development of national and hybrid identities, the tension between self-censorship and media professionalism, the rising importance of government public relations, the power and limits of hegemonic discourse, and the countervailing force posed by collective actions and public opinion. These studies combine to reveal how the media are transformed as power structure is reconfigured and how the media may act upon politics in exerting their roles as the people’s voice. The book will serve as a reference for anyone who is interested in the evolution of political communication in a transitional society.

Author : Joseph Man Chan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Demonstrations
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122929792

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Mobilization and Protest Participation in Post-handover Hong Kong by Joseph Man Chan Pdf

Author : Waikeung Tam
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781107031999

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Legal Mobilization Under Authoritarianism by Waikeung Tam Pdf

Using post-colonial Hong Kong as a case study, this book examines why and how legal mobilization arises in authoritarian regimes.

Author : Khun Eng Kuah,Gilles Guiheux
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789089641311

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Social Movements in China and Hong Kong by Khun Eng Kuah,Gilles Guiheux Pdf

Het uitgangspunt van dit boek is dat Chinese individuen van hun eigen inzet uit moeten kunnen gaan, ongeacht de beperkingen die hen door de staat worden opgelegd. Om hun belangen beter te kunnen verdedigen sluiten sommige individuen zich aan bij sociale bewegingen, die tot sociale protesten kunnen leiden.

Author : Gary D. Rawnsley,Ming-yeh T. Rawnsley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317635925

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Routledge Handbook of Chinese Media by Gary D. Rawnsley,Ming-yeh T. Rawnsley Pdf

The study of Chinese media is a field that is growing and evolving at an exponential rate. Not only are the Chinese media a fascinating subject for analysis in their own right, but they also offer scholars and students a window to observe multi-directional flows of information, culture and communications within the contexts of globalization and regionalization. Moreover, the study of Chinese media provides an invaluable opportunity to test and refine the variety of communications theories that researchers have used to describe, analyse, compare and contrast systems of communications. The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Media is a prestigious reference work providing an overview of the study of Chinese media. Gary and Ming-Yeh Rawnsley bring together an interdisciplinary perspective with contributions by an international team of renowned scholars on subjects such as television, journalism and the internet and social media. Locating Chinese media within a regional setting by focusing on ‘Greater China’, the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and overseas Chinese communities; the chapters highlight the convergence of media and platforms in the region; and emphasise the multi-directional and trans-national character of media/information flows in East Asia. Contributing to the growing de-westernization of media and communications studies; this handbook is an essential and comprehensive reference work for students of all levels and scholars in the fields of Chinese Studies and Media Studies.

Author : Wen Liu,JN Chien,Christina Chung,Ellie Tse
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811646591

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Reorienting Hong Kong’s Resistance by Wen Liu,JN Chien,Christina Chung,Ellie Tse Pdf

This book brings together writing from activists and scholars that examine leftist and decolonial forms of resistance that have emerged from Hong Kong’s contemporary era of protests. Practices such as labor unionism, police abolition, land justice struggles, and other radical expressions of self-governance may not explicitly operate under the banners of leftism and decoloniality. Nevertheless, examining them within these frameworks uncovers historical, transnational, and prefigurative sightlines that can help to contextualize and interpret their impact for Hong Kong’s political future. This collection offers insights not only into Hong Kong's local struggles, but their interconnectedness with global movements as the city remains on the frontlines of international politics.

Author : Helen Grace
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134665020

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Culture, Aesthetics and Affect in Ubiquitous Media by Helen Grace Pdf

This book argues that ubiquitous media and user-created content establish a new perception of the world that can be called ‘particulate vision’, involving a different relation to reality that better represents the atomization of contemporary experience especially apparent in social media. Drawing on extensive original research including detailed ethnographic investigation of camera phone practices in Hong Kong, as well as visual analysis identifying the patterns, regularities and genres of such work, it shows how new distributed forms of creativity and subjectivity now work to shift our perceptions of the everyday. The book analyses the specific features of these new developments – the components of what can be called a ‘general aesthesia’ – and it focuses on the originality and innovation of amateur practices, developing a model for making sense of the huge proliferation of images in contemporary culture, discovering rhythms and tempo in this work and showing why it matters.

Author : Ian Scott
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789888754038

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The Public Sector in Hong Kong, Second Edition by Ian Scott Pdf

This book describes and analyses the role of the public sector in the often-charged political atmosphere of post-1997 Hong Kong. In this second edition, Ian Scott explores public sector accountability in terms of Hong Kong’s constitutional framework and the structure, functions, and personnel policies of its civil service system. He examines critical issues facing the administration of the public sector and the formulation and implementation of public policy with particular attention to the political challenges confronting the Hong Kong government over the past decade. A concluding chapter assesses how contested values in a changing political environment have affected the public sector in recent years. This edition has been fully updated to incorporate the latest statistics and research, including Scott’s work in such areas as integrity management, corruption prevention, and policing. This book is an essential resource for scholars and students of public administration and public policy in Hong Kong and more broadly for those who are interested in how a particular jurisdiction deals with common administrative problems such as centralisation, the role of statutory bodies, corruption prevention, and the redress of citizens’ grievances. ‘Professor Ian Scott’s book, The Public Sector in Hong Kong, now in a second much-expanded and up-to-date edition, offers a thorough and rigorous analysis of contemporary governance in Hong Kong, focusing on all the key stakeholders. The book is essential reading for government officials, politicians, journalists, academics, students, and the general public.’ —John P. Burns, The University of Hong Kong ‘The second edition not only updates the development in the public sector of Hong Kong, but also provides an important perspective to help readers understand the contexts that navigate its latest developments. This edition, along with Ian Scott’s earlier work, will be judged by many in the field to be among the best books on Hong Kong politics.’ —Hon S. Chan, City University of Hong Kong

Author : Eric Kit-wai Ma
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789888083459

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Desiring Hong Kong, Consuming South China by Eric Kit-wai Ma Pdf

This is a study of the complex and changing cultural patterns in Hong Kong’s relationship with the neighbouring mainland. From interviews, TV dramas, media representations and other sources, it traces the fading of Hong Kong’s once-influential position as a role model for less developed mainland cities and explores changing perceptions as China grows in confidence and Hong Kong encounters a powerful nation culture in the mainland. Part One (‘Desiring Hong Kong’) examines the history of cross-border relations and movements from the 1970s, focusing on Hong Kong as an object of desire for people in South China. Part Two (‘Consuming South China’), moves to the turn of the century, when, despite increased communications and a ‘disappearing border’, Hong Kong is no longer a powerful role model; it nevertheless continues to be a resourceful node in the chain of global capitalism. This is a timely and provocative discussion of a topical issue, and one written in an approachable style using lively case studies. In contrast with the popular theorization that Hong Kong shows her true colour in “the politics of disappearance”, this book argues that Hong Kong returns with a politics of reappearance in a dense network of ‘fear and excitement’, differentiating and assimilating with the mainland at the same time. It will be of interest to scholars and students in cultural studies, political science, sociology and cultural geography. It will also have some general appeal to policy-makers, journalists, and the concerned public.

Author : Wai-man Lam,Percy Luen-tim Lui,Wilson Wong
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789888139477

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Contemporary Hong Kong Government and Politics by Wai-man Lam,Percy Luen-tim Lui,Wilson Wong Pdf

This title describes the present political system and development in Hong Kong. The second edition assesses the main strands of continuity and change in Hong Kong's government and politics since the creation of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 1997.