@article{1447827,
      recid = {1447827},
      author = {Lin, Lisa,},
      title = {Convergent Chinese television industries : an ethnography  of Chinese production cultures /},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      abstract = {An essential book for anyone seeking to understand the  dynamics that drive the convergent Chinese television  industry. Lins account moves fluently between the levels of  historical, technological, political and personal  determinants. The exemplary use of production studies  provides a comprehensive view of both the complexity and  the internal contradictions of the Chinese TV industry,  demonstrating how canny producers work at the edges of what  is possible. Professor John Ellis, Royal Holloway  University of London Professor Lin makes a crucial  contribution to our understanding with this book, bringing  the rich expertise needed to appreciate the distinct  dynamics of Chinese television industries and their  incorporation of and negotiation with streaming video. This  carefully researched book offers deep accounts of  production practices informed by substantial field  observations and interviews to bring new insight about  major questions. Professor Amanda D. Lotz, Queensland  University of Technology, Digital Media Research Centre  This book provides a rich description of the shifting  production cultures in convergent Chinese television  industries across strategic, programming and individual  levels. Dr. Lin argues that the current moment of Chinese  television is an ideological, cultural and financial  paradox in which Chinas one-party ideology clashes with  consumer-oriented capitalism and technological  advancements. Drawing upon in-depth ethnography of  production cultures across Chinese broadcast and digital  streaming sectors, this book illuminates how Chinese  producers have placed their aspirations for creative  freedoms within edge ball practices. Nuanced and timely,  Convergent Chinese Television Industries unveils a complex  picture of an industry undergoing dramatic transformations.  Lisa Lin is a television producer and university professor  specialising in factual and documentary production in the  UK, Singapore and China. Her producing credits include I  Wouldnt Go in There (National Geographic, 2015), G-Force  (Hummingbird Music, 2017), The Truth about Fake News  (Channel News Asia, 2018), Frontline Medics Diaries  (Channel 4, 2020). Dr. Lin holds a PhD in Media and  Communications from Royal Holloway, University of London.  .},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1447827},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91756-2},
}