Cherian George | Nieman Journalism Lab

Articles by Cherian George

Cherian George is professor of media studies at Hong Kong Baptist University.

In a year of polarized elections, media will be a target

“Look out for interesting experiments by lesser-known journalistic ventures and civil society groups that share professional journalism’s interest in bridging us-them divides.”

Global cynicism about democracy will expose media to attack

“China’s and Russia’s global influence operations won’t need to resort to fake news to exploit the genuine dysfunctions in the American system.”

Enter the lamb warriors

“Liberal media can try to point out China’s own poor record on racial equality and religious freedom, but this can be dismissed as whataboutism.”

Fake news wins in Asia

“These democracies will be done in by their own mainstream political parties — including supposedly centrist, secular, democratic ones — who have no real answers for the genuine grievances of citizens.”