links for 2007-11-23
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Thomas Crampton shares a very useful Edelman study on Chinese people's trust levels towards different kinds of media.
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"After cooperating with authorities since July in an effort to save Minjian amidst a government crackdown on “illegal publications”...Zhai has decided to speak out in an open letter explaining the circumstances surrounding Minjian’s “death.”
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"Some visitors to China - and, indeed, many Chinese - say free-speech advocates overstate the censors' power. But local media look much freer than they really are - in part because of the role dupes such as me play in creating a false impression of genuin
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"Because lack of water, Mr Stone, a humble man in his 80's, has to rely on the American soda "Coca-Cola" everyday..."
Journalist! Unpack that comment about the Chinese trusting Internet above all other media...
The first graph in the deck of that PPT presentation shows that Chinese overwhelmingly trust government over all other "sources" of information.
They trust media less than any other , uh, medium...
The question was: "140How much do you trust each of the following institutions to do what is right?"
In 2007, Government had the most, at 40%
Media... a paltry 10%.
Ouch. So, they may trust the Internet more than the newspaper, but they hardly trust it, if you know what I mean.
Posted by: Douglas | November 27, 2007 at 09:05 AM