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Chinese Media in Africa
Perception, Performance, and Paradox
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2020
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Chinese Media in Africa: Perception, Performance, and Paradox analyzes the debate on Chinese media expansion in Africa and its implication for the African media landscape by engaging with African journalists who train and work in Chinese media organizations based in Africa. Emeka Umejei analyzes how African journalists that enter the sphere of Chinese media, often with libertarian notions of journalism, are able to navigate the collisions and collusions that inform journalism in these settings. Through extensive interviews with African journalists, Umejei explores the constant negotiation of freedoms—including the ability to always work in relation to African reality—within state-controlled media organizations. These interviews bring to light the paradoxical nature of Chinese media organizations that both preach equality with Africa and simultaneously promote Chinese hegemony in the media, highlighting the diverse contours that shape and influence journalism practices in these settings. Scholars of journalism, media studies, African studies, international relations, and sociology will find this book particularly useful.
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1/2020
Copyright year
2020
ISBN-Print
978-1-4985-9396-0
ISBN-Online
978-1-4985-9397-7
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
132
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List of Figures and Tables No access
Chapter 1 Chinese Media in Africa: Perception, Performance, and Paradox No access Pages 1 - 10
Chapter 2 Framing Democracy in China’s Media No access Pages 11 - 24
Chapter 3 Do Chinese Media Organizations Tell the “True” African Story? No access Pages 25 - 38
Chapter 4 Chinese Watchdogs No access Pages 39 - 54
Chapter 5 “Upstairs” and “Downstairs” of Gatekeeping in Chinese Media No access Pages 55 - 66
Chapter 6 “We Are Like Puppets” No access Pages 67 - 82
Chapter 7 Hybridizing Journalism No access Pages 83 - 96
Chapter 8 Language Differences, Segregated Newsroom No access Pages 97 - 108
