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China’s Digital Silk Road: Strategic Implications for the EU and India

Richard Ghiasy, Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy

New Delhi: Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) (2020), 25 pp.

"This paper offers a big-picture analysis of the Chinese Digital Silk Road’s (DSR) three most strategically pressing implications for the EU and India. It does so by analysing the DSR’s global progress and specific impacts in Europe and South Asia. The three implications are: a) the creation of ... more

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COVID-19 Foreign Influence Campaigns: Europe and the Global Battle of Narratives

Naja Bentzen

Brussels: European Parliament (2020), 8 pp.

"The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) initially concealed information about the spread of the virus. Research suggests that they thereby delayed measures to alleviate the spread of the disease. At the same time, the CCP launched far-reaching efforts to silence domestic criticism. The CCP's efforts to r ... more

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Migration Coverage in Europe’s Media: A Comparative Analysis of Coverage in 17 Countries

Susanne Fengler, Marcus Kreutler

Frankfurt am Main: Otto Brenner Stiftung (2020), 56 pp.

"Our analysis shows that the mediated debates about migration in Western and Eastern Europe are more differentiated, and less stereotypical, as often assumed. Indeed, coverage in media outlets in Western Europe feature more positive aspects and speakers compared to the outlets in Central and Eastern ... more

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China’s Soft Power in Southeast Europe

Plamen Tonchev

Sarajevo: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2020), 25 pp.

"China does not seem to have a regional soft-power strategy and prefers bilateral relations with SEE countries. Institutional ties take the shape of Friendship Associations, business bodies or twinning agreements which, however, rarely live up to expectations. Scientific cooperation between numerous ... more

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Digital Neo-Colonialism: The Chinese Model of Internet Sovereignty in Africa

Willem Gravett

African Human Rights Law Journal, volume 20, issue 1 (2020), pp. 125-146

"China is making a sustained effort to become a ‘cyber superpower’. An integral part of this effort is the propagation by Beijing of the notion of ‘internet sovereignty’ – China’s supreme right to govern the internet within its borders and keep it under rigid control. Chinese companies w ... more

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Solving the Public Diplomacy Puzzle: Developing a 360-Degree Listening and Evaluation Approach to Assess Country Images

Diana Ingenhoff, Jérôme Chariatte

Los Angeles: Figueroa Press; USC Center on Public Diplomacy (2020), 90 pp.

"In order to build good international relationships, Public Diplomacy (PD) requires a precise and complete understanding of who and what makes up a country’s image. However, previous research lacks a theoretical and methodological framework that allows for the systematic collection and analysis of ... the opinions of foreign publics to analyze the whole picture of a country. This study discusses the concept of public opinion and country image formation and takes into consideration different measurement models. On this basis, a new, innovative, integrative country image listening and measurement instrument for public diplomacy is introduced. The new model integrates different components of country image and highlights the importance of formative and summative evaluation, while considering contextual factors influencing country image formation. This instrument allows the strategic analysis of how public diplomacy communication and various publics contribute to the formation of country images. We demonstrate the value of the integrated country image measurement instrument by analyzing the Swiss country image via a multimethod approach, principally through analyzing and integrating data from public opinion survey studies, international news coverage and Google Trends as a way to assess the international perception of a country. First, on the output level, we analyze high reach media outlets in five countries (Germany, France, Italy, UK, and US) with a codebook that allows for analysis of the news agenda about Switzerland in the countries abroad with respect to the five country image dimensions. Second, on the outcome level, we use a survey study in the five countries, combining a standardized instrument for measuring country image with open survey questions about general associations, strengths, weaknesses and recalled news media surrounding Switzerland. In addition, we use structural equation modeling to calculate the value drivers of the Swiss country image, to find out what the key components that shape the country image dimensions are. In order to look at conative outcomes, we further analyze google searches in the respective countries, as trace data can give empirical proofs for the statements of respondents and bring valuable insights on digital media as a new information source. Finally, we analyze the overall country reputation in each of the countries and align the results with the content analysis and survey studies. The study gives public diplomacy actors valuable insights into the use of mixed method approaches when measuring country images and exploring the importance of “listening” and so giving special attention to different types of publics, units and research methods." (Abstract) more

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From Western TV Sets to Chinese Online Streaming Services: English Language TV Series in Mainland China

Xiaoran Zhang

Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies, volume 16, issue 2 (2019), pp. 220-242

"In the age of multiple screens, online streaming has in the 2010s become the most significant way of consuming overseas television programs in Mainland China. Due to rather strict government policy and censorship, foreign television series are presently only legally distributed and circulated on li ... more

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Africa in the Media

Johanna Blakley, Adam Amel Rogers, Erica Watson-Currie, Kristin Jung

USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center, The African Narrative (2019), 51 pp.

"Stories about Africa appeared infrequently on U.S. television: a mention appeared once in every five hours of TV programming. Viewers were seven times more likely to see references to Europe. Despite the low frequency of mentions, we know that there were more than 3.6 billion views of these depicti ... more

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Meinungsmonitor Entwicklungspolitik 2019: Medien, Mediennutzung und Berichterstattung zu weltweiter Armut

Sebastian H. Schneider, Jens Eger, Paolo Morini, David Hudson, Jennifer Hudson

Bonn: Deutsches Evaluierungsinstitut der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (DEval) (2019), xv, 102 pp.

"In dieser Studie wird untersucht, welche Medien die Bevölkerung nutzt, inwieweit sie diesen und den Sendern von entwicklungspolitischen Informationen vertraut (z. B. Bundesregierung oder Entwicklungsorganisationen) und in welchem Maß sie über die Medien in Kontakt mit dem für die Entwicklungspo ... more

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Reporting War and Conflict

Janet Harris, Kevin Williams

London; New York: Routledge (2019), xii, 218 pp.

"The book provides an historical and theoretical context to risk culture and the work of war correspondents, paying particular attention to the changing nature of technology, organisational structures and the role of witnessing. The conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria are examined to highlight ... more

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Fixers in corporate media: Pashtun journalists under threat in North Western Pakistan

Altaf Khan

Conflict & Communication Online, volume 18, issue 1 (2019), 9 pp.

"Local fixers are becoming increasingly important for international media due to escalating security threats to international journalists, budget cuts within international media organizations, and the disappearance of long-stay correspondents. Local fixers give local color and context to news storie ... more

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Images of Immigrants and Refugees in Western Europe: Media Representations, Public Opinion, and Refugees' Experiences

Leen d' Haenens, Willem Joris, François Heinderyckx (eds.)

Leuven: Leuven University Press (2019), 207 pp.

"This book examines the dynamic interplay between media representations of migrants and refugees on the one hand and the governmental and societal (re)actions to these on the other. Largely focusing on Belgium and Sweden, this collection of interdisciplinary research essays attempts to unravel the d ... more

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e-Media Toolkit [on Migration Reporting]. Human News Stories: Learn, Train and Share
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European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA); Ethical Journalism Network (EJN); European Broadcasting Union (EBU) (2019)

"The online e-Media Toolkit provides first-hand assistance to media professionals with learning resources, training courses, and opportunities to share and interact in three sections: 1. Learning: allows users to take courses in which journalists or editors of leading media outlets share their real- ... more

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Exile journalism in Germany: Current Challenges and Initiatives at a Glance

Ulf Schönert

Hamburg: Körber Stiftung (2019), 17 pp.

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Global Journalism: An Introduction

Michael Bromley, Vera Slavtcheva-Petkova

London: Red Globe Press; Macmillan International Higher Education (2019), xxii, 282 pp.

"Providing a truly comprehensive overview of international journalism and global news reporting in the digital age, this new introductory textbook surveys the full variety of contexts that journalists around the world operate in; the challenges and pressures they face; their journalistic practices; ... more

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Cross-Border Collaborative Journalism: A Step-By-Step Guide

Brigitte Alfter

London; New York: Routledge (2019), xiii, 186 pp.

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International Communication: Continuity and Change

Daya Kishan Thussu

London et al.: Bloomsbury Academic, 3rd ed. (2019), xxii, 369 pp.

"This book maps out the expansion of media and telecommunications corporations within the macro-economic context of liberalisation, deregulation and privitisation. It then goes on to explore the impact of such growth on audiences in different cultural contexts and from regional, national and interna ... more

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China, Africa, and the Future of the Internet
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Iginio Gagliardone

London: Zed Books (2019), xi, 192 pp.

"Featuring a wealth of interviews with a variety of actors – from Chinese and African journalists in Chinese media to Chinese workers for major telecommunication companies – this highly original book demonstrates how China is both contributing to the 'Africa rising' narrative while exploiting th ... more

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What Policy Communication Works for Migration? Using Values to Depolarise

James Dennison

European Union; International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD); EUROMED Migration (2019), 27 pp.

"This study places the most common recommendation from practitioners—that migration communication should be based on values—within the broader scientific literature by introducing Schwarz’s psychological theory of ‘basic human values’ and then using European Social Survey data to visualise ... more

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Framing the Chinese Investment in Africa: Media Coverage in Africa, China, United Kingdom, and the United States

Frankline Matanji

Bowling Green State University, Master Thesis (2019), x, 61 pp.

e-Media Toolkit [on Migration Reporting]. Human News Stories: Learn, Train and Share Key Guidance

China, Africa, and the Future of the Internet Top Insights

e-Media Toolkit [on Migration Reporting]. Human News Stories: Learn, Train and Share
Key Guidance

China, Africa, and the Future of the Internet
Top Insights