The new migrant-led transformation of the Chinese community media in Australia

Abstract

Overseas Chinese media is an essential part of the international media system. Due to the close relationship between Australia and China and the huge population of Chinese Australians, overseas Chinese media is more typical in Australia than in other countries or regions. This research adopts a multi-methodology approach which combines long-term observations, interviews, and textual analyses. It seeks to examine the changes that resulted from the resumption of the significant immigration from the mainland China to Australia in the early 1990s, with the purpose to provide a comprehensive analysis of the Chinese mediascape in Australia from a political economic perspective. Specifically, the c..