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Transnational Convergence of East Asian Pop Culture

Seok-Kyeong Hong, Dal Yong Jin (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2023), 238 pp.
"This book observes and analyses transnational interactions of East Asian pop culture and current cultural practices, comparing them to the production and consumption of Western popular culture and providing a theoretical discussion regarding the specific paradigm of East Asian pop culture. Drawing ... more
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Beyond Self-Censorship: Hong Kong’s Journalistic Risk Culture under the National Security Law

Francis Lee
China Journal, volume 90 (2023), pp. 129-153
"Professional and liberal-oriented news media in Hong Kong have been under severe political pressure since the establishment of the National Security Law in 2020. Journalists now have to navigate a more dense and uncertain legal minefield. Self-censorship has intensified. This article argues that se ... more
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Reflections on the International Association for Media and Communication Research: Many Voices, One Forum

Jörg Becker, Robin Mansell (eds.)
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2023), xxxvii, 558 pp.
"Established in 1957, the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) has facilitated international exchanges and research collaborations among academics, journalists, and other practitioners, addressing media and communication problems and influencing theory and practice ... more
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Huawei Knowledge Transfer in Africa: Corporate Communication and Users’ Responses on Social Networks

Stefano Calzati
Global Media and Communication, volume 19, issue 1 (2023), pp. 77-99
"This article focuses on the launch by the Chinese company Huawei of ICT academies in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and Kenya especially. Existing literature shows contrasting findings concerning the impact of such formation and recruitment centres. Through high-level thematic and sentiment analyses, th ... more
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Denial of Genocides in the Twenty-First Century

Bedross Der Matossian (ed.)
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press (2023), xvi, 400 pp.
"Throughout the twenty-first century, genocide denial has evolved and adapted with new strategies to augment and complement established modes of denial. In addition to outright negation, denial of genocide encompasses a range of techniques, including disputes over numbers, contestation of legal defi ... more
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Countering Disinformation Tools and Initiatives in the Philippines

Rachel E. Khan, Yvonne T. Chua
Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2023), 37 pp.
"As can be gleaned from this report, anti-disinformation initiatives are diverse and creative, but whether they’re for prevention, monitoring and identification, or contextualization and correction, the current initiatives can be scaled up and new ones added. Firstly, the initiatives have still to ... more
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Global Innovation in Emergency Telecommunications: Strengthening Disaster Response in the Philippines

World Food Programme (WFP) (2023), 6 pp.
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Kleptocratic Cooperation in Africa: How Russia and China Undermine Democracy

J. R. Mailey, Andrea Ngombet Malewa
Washington, DC: National Endowment for Democracy (NED) (2023), 17 pp.
"The two essays in this report highlight ways in which two global authoritarian powers, Russia and China, provide surge capacity to kleptocratic networks in Africa. In his essay J.R. Mailey dissects the Wagner Group’s illicit activities in key parts of Africa. The Wagner Group’s activities are c ... more
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The Routledge Companion to Media Anthropology
Deep Insights

Elisabetta Costa, Patricia G. Lange, Nell Haynes, Jolynna Sinanan (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2023), xxv, 617 pp.
"Comprising 41 chapters by a team of international contributors, the companion is divided into three parts: histories; approaches; thematic considerations. The chapters offer wide-ranging explorations of how forms of mediation influence communication, social relationships, cultural practices, partic ... more
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Digital China: The Strategy and Its Geopolitical Implications

David Dorman, John Hemmings
Honolulu: Pacific Forum International (2023), 37 pp.
"As the world was distracted by the long, drawn out economic and social disruptions caused by the coronavirus, Beijing seized the “opportunity” offered by the crisis to accelerate its national digital strategy, titled unassumingly “Digital China.” With a decades-long personal tie to General ... more
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Governing the Interlinkages Between the SDGs: Approaches, Opportunities and Challenges

Anita Breuer, Daniele Malerba, Srinivasa Srigiri, Pooja Balasubramanian (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2023), xvi, 247 pp.
"The book [...] examines the dedicated policies targeting the SDGs, as well as political and institutional drivers of synergies and trade-offs between the SDGs in selected key areas – both cross-nationally and in specific country contexts. Their analysis moves beyond the focus on links between SDG ... more
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Taiwan’s Public Discourse About Disinformation: The Role of Journalism, Academia, and Politics

Adrian Rauchfleisch, Tzu-Hsuan Tseng, Jo-Ju Kao, Yi-Ting Liu
Journalism Practice, volume 17, issue 10 (2023), pp. 2197-2217
"Experts have ranked Taiwan as the number one country regarding the exposure to disinformation. This assessment is not surprising as many exposed disinformation cases can be linked to Chinese statealigned actors but also domestic political actors. Academic researchers, journalists, and the civic tec ... more
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China's Discourse Power: Capabilities and Impact

Kenton Thibaut
Washington, DC: Atlantic Council (2023), 40 pp.
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Bridging Two Worlds: Comparing Classical Political Thought and Statecraft in India and China

Amitav Acharya, Daniel A. Bell, Rajeev Bhargava, Yan (eds.) Xuetong
Oakland, Cal.: University of California Press (2023), xi, 318 pp.
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Politicizing for the idol: China’s idol fandom nationalism in pandemic

Yan Wang, Ting Luo
Information, Communication & Society, volume 26, issue 2 (2023), pp. 304-320
"Chinese idol fans have been identified among the main forces in cyber nationalist activisms in recent years, acting as the nationalist fans protecting the state as an idol in response to external political shocks. Their skills in acknowledging, involving, and even reinventing the image of the state ... more
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Disruptions as Opportunities: Governing Chinese Society with Interactive Authoritarianism

Taiyi Sun
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press (2023), xv, 283 pp.
"[This book] addresses the long-standing puzzle of why China outlived other one-party authoritarian regimes with particular attention to how the state manages an emerging civil society. Drawing upon over 1,200 survey responses conducted in 126 villages in the Sichuan province, as well as 70 intervie ... more
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The Palgrave Handbook of Media Misinformation

Karen Fowler-Watt, Julian McDougall (eds.)
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2023), xliv, 386 pp.
"The Palgrave Handbook of Media Misinformation provides a comprehensive and cutting-edge resource on the critical debates surrounding fake news and misinformation online. Spanning all continents and linking academic, journalistic, and educational communities, this collection offers authoritative cov ... more
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Connecting every school in Indonesia: A bespoke implementation framework

Cahya Ratih
Geneva: ITU (2023), vii, 38 pp.
"The unprecedented situation brought on by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has forced many sectors in Indonesia to transform and deliver their public services using ICTs. While the government has leveraged its school connectivity programme, started before the pandemic, in response to the tremend ... more
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Asymmetrical discursive competition: China–United States digital diplomacy in Africa

Maria Repnikova, Keyu Alexander Chen
International Communication Gazette, volume 85, issue 1 (2023), pp. 15-31
"This article examines China–US competition for narratives by analyzing whether and how Chinese and American diplomats engage each other in routine diplomatic outreach to African audiences on Twitter. Drawing on case studies of Kenya and South Africa, our study uncovers “asymmetrical discursive ... more
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The Representation of Rural Christianity in the Films of Gan Xiao’er

Jing Li
Journal for Religion, Film and Media (JRFM), volume 9, issue 2 (2023), pp. 101-125
"The religious dimension of Chinese cinema is, it has been observed, a "triple lacuna" in contemporary scholarship: in research on religion in China, in research on Chinese cinema, and in interdisciplinary research on film and religion. From 2002 to 2012, independent filmmaker Gan Xiao'er directed t ... more