Propaganda for sale -- Marketized media as instruments of regime stability and change -- Types of newspapers in China -- Boundaries for news reporting on labor law and the United States -- Selection and tone of news stories -- Discursive space in Chinese media -- Media credibility and media branding -- Newspaper consumption -- Media effects on public opinion -- Media citizenship in China -- China and other authoritarian states -- Responsive authoritarianism in Chinese media
Summary
Stockmann argues that the consequences of introducing market forces to the media depend on the institutional design of the state