Media Commercialization and Authoritarian Rule in China - Stockmann, Daniela (Assistant Professor, Universiteit Leiden)

Stockmann argues that the consequences of introducing market forces to the media depend on the institutional design of the state. In one-party regimes, market-based media promote regime stability rather than destabilizing authoritarianism or bringing about democracy. This book links censorship with patterns of media consumption and the media's effects on public opinion.