NAME NGUYEN THI BAO TRAN S3462605 MASS MEDIA IN ASIA ASSIGNMENT 3 MAJOR ESSAY 
NAME: NGUYEN THI BAO TRAN
ID : S3462605
G2
MASS MEDIA IN ASIA
ASSIGNMENT NUMBER 3-MAJOR ESSAY
RMIT electronic submission of work for assessment
I declare that in submitting all work for this assessment I have read, understood and agree to the content and expectations of the Assessment declaration.
Discuss the role of the media in the process of nation building in an Asian country of your choice. What are the challenges to the nation building process in the digital age?
According to Alesina and Reich 2013, nation building is a process, which leads to the formation of countries in which the citizens feel a sufficient amount of commonality of interests, goals and preferences so that they do not wish to separate from each other. The triumph of nation building replies on the attempt to maintain loyalty, to stimulate public’s voluntary contribution to the state and to nurture public-state unity. In the case of China, to build a “strong nation” is a tremendous demand as national identity has been fatally damaged by colonization. Since China has explicitly rejected Western liberal democracy-a world standard for social government- as the ruling system, Chinese Communist Party must fortify public’s trust and pride for Communist Party’s agenda. In addition to the reasoning of Chinese Communist Party urging nation building task, the Chinese statement of encompassing global Chinese communities is dismissed by Taiwan and Hong Kong’s endeavors to delink themselves from China (Lee, C 2000). For the sake of nation building, Chinese government aggressively executes media exploitation in purpose of transferring propaganda, shaping public mindset in favor of the authority. However, the “free flow of information” feature of the media in the today convergence era contains various dangers. The Internet has launched a virtual world in which people get access to a large amount of uncensored information from limitless global sources. This frightens the government in the way
ID : S3462605
G2
MASS MEDIA IN ASIA
ASSIGNMENT NUMBER 3-MAJOR ESSAY
RMIT electronic submission of work for assessment
I declare that in submitting all work for this assessment I have read, understood and agree to the content and expectations of the Assessment declaration.
Discuss the role of the media in the process of nation building in an Asian country of your choice. What are the challenges to the nation building process in the digital age?
According to Alesina and Reich 2013, nation building is a process, which leads to the formation of countries in which the citizens feel a sufficient amount of commonality of interests, goals and preferences so that they do not wish to separate from each other. The triumph of nation building replies on the attempt to maintain loyalty, to stimulate public’s voluntary contribution to the state and to nurture public-state unity. In the case of China, to build a “strong nation” is a tremendous demand as national identity has been fatally damaged by colonization. Since China has explicitly rejected Western liberal democracy-a world standard for social government- as the ruling system, Chinese Communist Party must fortify public’s trust and pride for Communist Party’s agenda. In addition to the reasoning of Chinese Communist Party urging nation building task, the Chinese statement of encompassing global Chinese communities is dismissed by Taiwan and Hong Kong’s endeavors to delink themselves from China (Lee, C 2000). For the sake of nation building, Chinese government aggressively executes media exploitation in purpose of transferring propaganda, shaping public mindset in favor of the authority. However, the “free flow of information” feature of the media in the today convergence era contains various dangers. The Internet has launched a virtual world in which people get access to a large amount of uncensored information from limitless global sources. This frightens the government in the way