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New Directions in the Study of Africa–China Media and Communications Engagements

Bob Wekesa

Journal of African Cultural Studies, volume 29, issue 1 (2017), pp. 11-24

"The Africa–China media and communications field is a nascent but rapidly growing one. This paper provides an overview of the field, followed by a discussion of the theoretical pathways that can be considered as productive in taking the field forward. The paper argues for the need for rigorous the ... more

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China's Media and Soft Power in Africa: Promotion and Perceptions
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Xiaoling Zhang, Herman Wasserman, Winston Mano (eds.)

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), xii, 237 pp.

"This volume brings together scholars from different disciplines and nations to examine and assess the effectiveness of China's soft power initiatives in Africa. It throws light not only on China's engagement with Africa but also on how China's increasing influence is received in the African media." ... more

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China in Africa: An Analysis of the Effect of Chinese Media Expansion on African Public Opinion

Catie Snow Bailard

International Journal of Press/Politics, volume 21, issue 4 (2016), pp. 446-471

"In 2006, Chinese officials revealed an extensive plan to increase the nation’s soft power in Africa through a number of initiatives to increase the presence and relevance of Chinese media in Africa. However, the question remains: Has China been successful in enhancing its soft power via its news ... more

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Chinese War Correspondents: Covering Wars and Conflicts in the Twenty-First Century

Shixin Ivy Zhang

Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), xvi, 204 pp.

"(1) How do Chinese journalists perceive their roles and practices in conflict zones outside China? (2) How do they cover armed conflicts overseas? (3) Who are the actors, and how do they influence Chinese war correspondence? (4) Do the Chinese news media practice peace or war journalism? To answer ... more

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Re-Orienting the 'Charm Offensive' to the 'Charm Defensive': A Critical Review of Chinese Media Development in Africa

Anbin Shi

African Journalism Studies, volume 36, issue 1 (2015), pp. 135-140

"All in all, Chinese media development in Africa can be considered as a ‘charm offensive‘ in terrns of its scale and scope, which is characterised by the following: 1) all the projects are mainly government sponsored, strategically engineered and efficiently irnplemented; 2) projects centre arou ... more

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China im Spiegel der Printmedien: Wertende Berichterstattung und ihre Perzeption am Beispiel China

Caja Thimm, Kathrin Witsch

In: Positiver Journalismus

Deutscher Fachjournalisten-Verband (ed.)

Konstanz: UVK (2015), pp. 183-205

"Es lässt sich ein ausgesprochen breites Themenspektrum und eine hohe Kontinuität innerhalb der Berichterstattung feststellen. Dabei ist die journalistische Haltung keinesfalls einseitig negativ — vielmehr wird häufig ein ausgewogenes Chinabild vermittelt, das besonders dort kritisch ist, wo si ... more

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Analysing the Scope and Influence of China’s International Media in Sub-Saharan Africa

Elisabet Helander

[author] (2014), 31 pp.

"In a pilot field study, conducted in February 2014 in Kenya and Uganda, news journalists reflected on the use of and interest in the Chinese international media offered in East Africa at the moment. An earlier survey, done in 2009, showed that Kenyan journalists emphasized several factors that play ... a role for their independence, such as their collective professional status and media owners’ financial and political interests. What foregrounds in this context, is the media organizations’ manipulation of news in favour or disfavour of various interests. The field study found that a pluralist media in itself does not guarantee a coherent debate based on factual information (Helander, 2010). Building on this analysis of the media in East Africa, my current research seeks to investigate the role of China’s international media in the local media system. China Central Television and China Radio International have their regional base in Nairobi, and work in close cooperation with the government led Kenya Broadcasting Corporation. The study has found that politically sensitive issues, which can have negative economic repercussions for China and the host country, are barely covered by Xinhua News. The correspondents at CCTV, CRI and China Daily Africa apply a cautious approach to the reporting of some important stories (Interview in Nairobi 14-02-10). Because China’s initiative in media is state-led and thereby less independent, these communication channels have yet to gain credibility among the media practitioners. However, the field study conducted in Nairobi and Kampala in February 2014, points to anther other question regarding the current efficacy, or popularity, of the Chinese news sources. The interviews gave cause to doubt the importance of perceived credibility of the content, to rather stress the question of whether Chinese international media is interesting. Both the framing, and the choice of news stories, were deemed by interviewees using the words boring, uninteresting or lacking political news value. After further interviews with media practitioners were conducted in Johannesburg and Nairobi in December 2014, a more varied view of Chinese news sources transpired. The opinions within the population of journalists in South Africa and Kenya ranged from trust and interest to very poor trust and complete disinterest, in reports from Chinese news sources." (Pages 1-3) more

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Chinese Soft Power and Public Diplomacy: An Analysis of China’s New Diaspora Engagement Policies in the Xi Era

Ding Sheng

Seoul: East Asia Institute (EAI) (2014), 22 pp.

"The communist government’s diaspora engagement policy in the Xi era represents a departure from tradition. Not only is it a very non-ideological policy, but it is also based on Xi’s vision of public diplomacy— indigenizing public diplomacy approaches and instruments to accommodate the needs a ... more

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China’s “Soft Power” and on Editorial Agendas in South Africa

Herman Wasserman

Beijing: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) (2014), 16 pp.

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China in Africa's Media and Telecommunications: Cooperation, Connectivity and Control

Iginio Gagliardone, Sam Geall

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre (NOREF) (2014), 6 pp.

"China is changing Africa’s media sphere. The country supports African broadcasters with loans, training, and exchange programmes and has set up its own media operations on the continent, creating an African arm of the state-run broadcaster CCTV and expanding existing initiatives, such as the stat ... more

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Changing the Narrative: China‘s Media Offensive in Africa

Sergio Grassi

Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2014), 9 pp.

"China’s media offensive in Africa is an expression of the need to create advantageous conditions for its own trade relations and for strategic alliances, for example in international organizations. At the same time, China’s global charm offensive or »charm defensive« is also a reaction to wha ... more

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Understand China’s Media in Africa from the Perspective of Constructive Journalism. Paper presented at the international conference China and Africa Media, Communications and Public Diplomacy

Zhang Yanqiu

Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI); Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Institute of Journalism and Communication Studies (2014), 12 pp.

"China’s quest to improve its international image has increased exponentially in the last decade through cultural diplomacy and the media. However, the expansion of China’s state-led media has received mixed reactions and even stereotypes in Africa. By examining scholarly responses towards China ... more

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Understand China’s Media in Africa from the Perspective of Constructive Journalism

Zhang Yanqiu

Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) (2014), 12 pp.

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Media Development with Chinese Characteristics

Iginio Gagliardone

Global Media Journal - German Edition, volume 4, issue 2 (2014), 16 pp.

"China’s concessionary loans and support to development projects have tended to shift balances of power by favouring certain actors over others and have challenged existing development paradigms, revitalizing ideas of the developmental state. Building on fieldwork conducted in Ghana, Ethiopia, and ... more

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Promoting Alternative Views in a Multipolar World: BRICS and Their Evolving Role in Developing Media Markets. 9th Symposium Forum Media and Development, 10/11 October, 2013, Berlin

Stuttgart; Aachen: Robert Bosch Stiftung; Catholic Media Council (CAMECO) (2014), 75 pp.

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Expansion of International Broadcasting: The Growing Global Reach of China Central Television

Si Si

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2014), 28 pp.

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China as a Persuader: CCTV Africa's First Steps in the African Mediasphere

Iginio Gagliardone

African Journalism Studies, volume 34, issue 3 (2013), pp. 25-40

"China, in seeking greater engagement with African audiences, has dramatically boosted its potential to shape narratives in ways that can favour its image or interests abroad. Focusing on CCTV Africa, China’s flagship efforts to win hearts and minds on the continent, the article explains how this ... more

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Half-Orchestrated, Half Freestyle: Soft Power and Reporting Africa in China

Shubo Li, Helge Rønning

African Journalism Studies, volume 34, issue 3 (2013), pp. 102-124

"The discussion of soft power in China can be dated back to 1992, the year Nye's Bound to lead was translated into Chinese and published in Mainland China. Chinese scholars urged that restrictions on civil society be lifted, since China's lack of voluntary associations and NGOs drastically hindered ... more

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China and the African Internet: Perspectives from Kenya and Ethiopia

Iginio Gagliardone

Index Communicación, volume 3, issue 2 (2013), pp. 67-82

"Through the lens of China in Africa, this paper explores the transformations in the relationship between the Internet and the state. China’s economic success, impressive growth of Internet users and relative stability have quietly promoted an example of how the Internet can be deployed within the ... more

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The Role of Public Sentiment and Social Media in the Evolving China-Africa Relationship

Yu-Shan Wu

Johannesburg: South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) (2013), 24 pp.

"The demands of public diplomacy have shifted with the development of social media technologies. Increasingly, governments are required to gauge and respond to public sentiment over and above the one-way communication of broadcast media. The social media and accompanying elevated public role have co ... more

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