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Methodologies And Frameworks -- Introduction / Wanning Sun And Jenny Chio -- Localizing Chinese Media: A Geographic Turn In Media And Communication Research / Wanning Sun -- Local Politics: Contesting The Centre -- Provincial Papers, National Power: The Scaling Up Of The Nanfang Daily Media Group / Yuezhi Zhao And Guoxin Xing -- Dialects And Local Media: The Cases Of Kunming And Yunnan Tv / Zhenzhi Guo -- Top-down Policies Versus Grassroots Resistance: The Management Of Illegal Satellite Dishes In Chinese Villages / Wusan Sun, Translated By John Alexander -- Rural Cultures: Grassroots Practices -- Village Videos And The Visual Mainstream In Rural, Ethnic Guizhou / Jenny Chio -- Family Vs. State In Media Ritual: Fieldwork In An Ethnic Minority Village In Yunnan Province / Jianbin Guo, Translated By Jingjing Chen -- Regional Formations: Creative Responses To Globalization -- Shanzhaiji And The Transformation Of The Local Mediascape In Shenzhen / Cara Wallis And Jack Qiu -- Contemporary Art And Mediatization In Brand Prd / Carolyn Cartier -- Sliding Scales: The Mediated Lives Of Miao Pop Singer A You Duo / Louisa Schein -- Rescaling Place: Heritage And Belonging -- Making An Empty Show Of Strength: Media And The Politics Of Discernment In Provincial Place Branding Projects / Tim Oakes -- Living Red: Production, Consumption, And Local Memory Of Revolutionary Culture In Linyi / Qian Gong -- Heritage Struggles And Place-makings In Zhejiang Province: Local Media, Cross-regional Media Interactions, And Media Strategies From Below / Marina Svensson. Edited By Wanning Sun And Jenny Chio. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.