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ID153349
Title ProperLosing media? an empirical study of defamation litigation in China
LanguageENG
AuthorHe, Xin ;  Lin, Fen
Summary / Abstract (Note)Following a well-established research tradition on court decisions, this study analyses 524 defamation cases in China from 1993 to 2013, explores the media's success possibilities, and investigates the role of party capacity, political influence and the medium effect. Contrary to the existing assertions, we find that the media are not necessarily losing. On average, from 1993 to 2013, the success rate of news media in Chinese defamation courts was 42 per cent, and this rate has been increasing since 2005. We also find that government officials and Party organs had consistent advantages in court, while ordinary plaintiffs, magazines and websites had less success. The medium of the media (i.e. print, broadcast, internet) makes a difference, as do the government policies governing the media. In addition, local protectionism exists, but it is less rampant than expected. These findings compel us to rethink the dynamics among the media, the courts and the state, and their implications on China's institutional resilience.
`In' analytical NoteChina Quarterly , No. 230; Jun 2017: p.371-398
Journal SourceChina Quarterly No 230
Key WordsChina ;  Defamation ;  Institutional Resilience ;  Libel ;  Freedom of Press ;  Media–Court Relations


 
 
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