Stages of new media development and regulation of cultural industries in the People’s Republic of China (2001–2018)

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Keywords:

mass media, Internet, new media, cultural industries, stages of development, information policy, Chinese distinctions, mobile Internet, innovation, artificial intelligence

Abstract

The article reveals the process of new media formation in China as a new sector of the media industry and an innovative element of the media system. It observes the main principles of state regulation of new media. The historical and typological analysis have been conducted to identify the main stages of the new media development over the past 20 years in China considering the evolution of digital and network technologies. The evolution of the state-operated approaches of new media regulation in cultural industries of the People’s Republic of China in general is studied. The article revealed the importance of innovative development of new media as an instrument of interaction between the ruling party, state and society, as well as it being the social communication medium of an efficient governing.

Author Biography

  • Hu Xiaoyan, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    postgraduate student at the department of medialogy, faculty of journalism

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Published

2021-12-01

Issue

No. 2 (2021): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Journalism

Section

Theory and Practice of Foreign Mass Media

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Hu Xiaoyan 2021. Stages of new media development and regulation of cultural industries in the People’s Republic of China (2001–2018). Journal of the Belarusian State University. Journalism. 2 (Dec. 2021), 83–90.