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How Influential Are Chinese Media in Africa? An Audience Analysis in Kenya and South Africa
International Journal of Communication, volume 12 (2018), pp. 2212-2231
"This article uses data from seven focus groups with media and communication university students in Kenya and South Africa to explore the efficacy of Chinese-mediated public diplomacy. We show that Chinese media have little impact on students’ information habits, demonstrate that attitudes toward
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Chinese Media in Africa: Between Promise and Reality
African Journalism Studies, volume 39, issue 2 (2018), pp. 104-120
"This article examines the relationship between journalism in Africa and foreign investment in the African media space through an analysis of newsroom practices and the power relations that inform such practices in Chinese media organisations based in Africa. It illustrates the discrepancies between
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Chinese International Broadcasting, Public Diplomacy and Soft Power
"There are five key reasons why China encounters problems in trying to manage the global conversation. First, the power and scope of conversation is not under China's control, but rather resides in the audience [...] Second, the audience's image of China is conditioned by the politics of the country
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China's Media Go Global
London; New York: Routledge (2018), xiv, 324 pp.
"As part of China’s ‘going out’ strategy, China is using its media to promote its views and vision to the wider world and to counter negative images in the US-dominated international media. China’s Media Go Global, the first edited collection on this subject, evaluates how the unprecedented
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International Communication: Essential Readings
Cognella, 2nd revised ed. (2018), viii, 228 pp.
"Designed as a text with introductions to each section and chapter, the volume brings together diverse perspectives on globalization and communication and includes significant emerging aspects of International Communication research such as diaspora audience and global publics." (Publisher descripti
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Communicating National Image Through Development and Diplomacy: The Politics of Foreign Aid
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), xii, 272 pp.
"This edited collection draws upon interdisciplinary research to explore new dimensions in the politics of image and aid. While development communication and public diplomacy are established research fields, there is little scholarship that seeks to understand how the two areas relate to one another
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Re-Evaluating China’s Global Media Expansion
Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, volume 13, issue 1 (2018), pp. 1-142
Russian Social Media Influence: Understanding Russian Propaganda in Eastern Europe
Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND Corporation (2018), xvii, 130 pp.
"A RAND Corporation study examined Russian-language content on social media and the broader propaganda threat posed to the region of former Soviet states that include Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, and, to a lesser extent, Moldova and Belarus. In addition to employing a state-funded multilingu
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A New Responsible Power China? China's Public Diplomacy for Global Public Goods
Stuttgart: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) (2018), 85 pp.
"Is China's engagement in the global governance of global public goods (GPGs) credible in terms of China's projected image as a new responsible power? Only through global cooperation can GPGs such as climate and security be effectively provided. International decision-making structures are currently
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Tiangao or Tianxia? The Ambiguities of CCTV's English-Language News for Africa
"Sustained media interest in African countries, funded from deep pockets in Beijing, may well attract admirers if the coverage is positive or uncritical. The forward-looking narrative promoted by 'constructive' or 'positive' reporting may help developing nations by not crushing them under too much e
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Beyond the Great Firewall: How China Became a Global Information Power
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA); Article 19 (2017), 41 pp.
Media Development, DAC, and China: Different Approaches, Same Public Diplomacy
Journal of Media Business Studies, volume 14, issue 1 (2017), pp. 25-37
"More than US $441 million was spent on media development worldwide in 2012, with African countries receiving 28% of that amount. This funding came from a variety of sources, including both established Development Assistance Committee (DAC) countries and emerging donors such as China. These countrie
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Winning the Information War: Techniques and Counter-Strategies to Russian Propaganda in Central and Eastern Europe
Washington, DC: Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) (2016), 64 pp.
"Currently, no dedicated agency or systematic effort analyzes the effect of Russian (or any other) disinformation. Who really watches Russia Today? Where? For how long? And why? Nor do we have the means to systematically track the content: How does the Kremlin’s message in Germany differ from the
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The Public Diplomacy of Emerging Powers, Part 2: The Case of Indonesia
Los Angeles: Figueroa Press (2016), 66 pp.
The Public Diplomacy of Emerging Powers, Part 1: The Case of Turkey
Los Angeles: Figueroa Press (2016), 48 pp.
Bullets and Bulletins: Media and Politics in the Wake of the Arab Uprisings
Deep Insights
London: Hurst (2016), xi, 254 pp.
"Bullets and Bulletins takes a sobering and holistic look at the intersections between media and politics before, during, and in the wake of the Arab uprisings. It is a multi-disciplinary approach to the topic, with the research backed up by in-depth and rigorous case studies of the key countries of
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China's Media and Soft Power in Africa: Promotion and Perceptions
Deep Insights
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."
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"Radio France Internationale" and "Deutsche Welle" in Francophone Africa: International Broadcasters in a Time of Change
Communication, Culture & Critique, volume 9 (2016), pp. 68-85
"For decades international radio broadcasters on the African continent were considered the tools of Western imperialism, ideological weapons in the Cold War. Yet international broadcasters also provided a crucial, alternative supply of information in times of state monopoly of the media and when the
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The Other Air Force: U.S. Efforts to Reshape Middle Eastern Media Since 9/11
New Brunswick, New Jersey, London: Rutgers University Press (2016), ix, 216 pp.
"As it seeks to win the hearts and minds of citizens in the Muslim world, the United States has poured millions of dollars into local television and radio programming, hoping to generate pro-American currents on Middle Eastern airwaves. However, as this fascinating new book shows, the Middle Eastern
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