Critical Review Chinese Media Article Review by Top Papers

This paper critically analyzes and reviews Wengfang Tang's article entitled "Media Control and Public Opinion", which presents a largely descriptive study of the relationship between state institutional control and media production/consumption in contemporary China. The paper further argues that while the article is interesting, it would have significantly benefited from a more analytical perspective. According to the paper, several key points in the article - most notably the role of the "profit motive" in strategies of media control - beg for more critical attention.