As China is increasingly integrated into the processes of economic, political, social, and cultural globalization, important questions arise about how Chinese people perceive and evaluate such processes. At the same time, international communication scholars have long been interested in how local, national, and transnational media communications shape people’s attitudes and val...(展开全部)

郑永年(1962- )，浙江省余姚市人。现任新加坡国立大学东亚研究所所长、教授，《国际中国研究杂志》（China：An International Journal）共同主编，罗特里奇出版社（Routledge）“中国政策丛书”（China Policy Series）主编和世界科技书局（World Scientific）“当代中国研究丛书”（Series on Contemporary China）共同主编。 先后获中国北京大学法学学士（1985）、法学硕士（1988），美国普林斯顿大学政治学硕士（1992）、博士（1995）。1995 1997年在美国哈佛大学进行博士后研究。 历任中国北京大学政治与行政管理系助教、讲师，新加坡国立大学东亚研究所研究员、资深研究员，英国诺丁汉大学中国政策研究所教授和研究主任。先后获得美国社会科学研...(展开全部)

This book contributes to a critical understanding of how Chinese same-sex identity in urban China is variously imagined; how it is transformed; and how it presents its resistances as China continues to open up to global power relations. Equally important, the book will 1) sharpen knowledge of China’s recent socio-economic change and political agenda, 2) build a greater awarenes...(展开全部)

The city is one of the greatest unsung heroes in cinema -- a modernist inspiration for silent classics such as Metropolis (1926) and a dense urban jungle in The Matrix (1999) -- yet there have been few attempts to grasp the cultural and aesthetic nature of its role in film. This volume is an ambitious collection of writings and photo-essays discussing this complex yet enduring ...(展开全部)

Written by one of the most influential men of his time and one of the greatest journalists in history, this seminal work of political science presents an incisive examination of democratic theory, the role of citizens in a democracy, and the impact of the media in shaping thoughts and actions.

Public opinion - is it a simple aggregation of individual views, or is it some kind of collective-level, emergent product of debate? What is the role of public opinion in popular government? How do the mass media shape public opinion or link it with governmental decision-making? This book explores such questions by tracing the historical development and application of the conce...(展开全部)