Chinese Journalists Turned YouTubers: Cases from Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan [Hardcover]

Offering original insights into journalism's transformation in a politically complex, multilingual region, this book critically explores the rise of Chinese-speaking journalists transitioning to YouTube.

Offering original insights into journalism's transformation in a politically complex, multilingual region, this book critically explores the rise of Chinese-speaking journalists transitioning to YouTube.

This book considers how professional journalists adapt their practices to YouTube while navigating diverse media environments, including mainland China's strict censorship, Hong Kong's shifting political landscape, and Taiwan's relative media freedom. Key questions guiding this research include how journalists-turned-YouTubers define and perform their roles on an informal, entertainment-led platform; how audiences perceive these roles; and whether creators maintain journalistic quality in a platformed media ecosystem. Through comparative case studies, including contrasting cases from the West, this book highlights the challenges of maintaining journalistic standards, the sustainability of content production, and the evolving journalistaudience relationship in the digital age.

Chinese Journalists Turned YouTubers contributes to research at the intersection of journalism, digital platforms, and public discourse in a fragmented and globalized media environment.

Chapter 1: Introduction: The Journalistic YouTubers

Chapter 2: The Chinese Journalists-Turned-YouTubers and the Journalistic Role

Chapter 3: From Newsroom to YouTube

Chapter 4: When Professional Journalists Meet Amateurs on YouTube

Chapter 5: YouTube: A Stage without Guarantees

Index

Luwei Rose Luqiu is an Associate Professor in the School of Communication at Hong Kong l£