The voice of China in Africa: media, communication technologies and image-building

Jiang, Fei; Li, Shubo; Rønning, Helge; Tjønneland, Elling N.

doi:10.1080/17544750.2016.1141615

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“…Media engagement in Africa is a component of China's contemporary strategy of public diplomacy, which is aimed at promoting deep bilateral diplomatic and economic relations (Wu, 2016). Conversely, Jiang et al (2016) argued that one of the major aims of Chinese media global expansion in general, and Africa in particular, has been to establish an alternative to the "Western" news agenda in coverage of the African continent. In this regard, China's news media serve two purposes; to give Africa an alternative forum through which its voices can be heard.…”

Section: The Perceptions Of Chinese Media In Africamentioning

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How Is the Performance of Chinese News Media in Kenya? An Analysis of Perceived Audience Reception and Motivation

2019

NMMC

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In the past decade, Chinese national news media have stepped up their efforts to spread their influence across the globe, including in Africa. This study sought to explore the extent to which these media were able to satisfy the needs of their target audience in Kenya. Based on a cross-sectional survey in Nairobi (N=355), the results showed that the audience reception of China's media was fairly satisfactory, with CCTV Africa being touted as the most commonly accessible Chinese media by the respondents. Although there was statistically significant difference in the audience motivations for their perceived use of Chinese media contents, and their level of education, the final result suggested that the audience perceptions of China's media coverage of African issues was relatively adequate. This study concluded that though their consumption was limited, these media were able to contribute to some knowledge on Sino-Africa relations.

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Section: The Perceptions Of Chinese Media In Africamentioning

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How Is the Performance of Chinese News Media in Kenya? An Analysis of Perceived Audience Reception and Motivation

2019

NMMC

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“…During our interviews, many young people said that the development of Internet media has made them form new values, and the communication between them and their parents will be more separated, forming an irreconcilable digital divide. The complexity and variability of the online environment make parents more worried about the online social situation of their children, which can lead to overintervention (Jiang and Gong, 2016). Young people are too lazy to explain to their parents, resulting in a growing intergenerational divide between them.…”

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“Why Are You Running Away From Social Media?” Analysis of the Factors Influencing Social Media Fatigue: An Empirical Data Study Based on Chinese Youth

Liu

2021

Front. Psychol.

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In the digital era, social media is increasingly permeating the fragmented lives of people. While enjoying the convenience and speed of online socializing, people are gradually surrounded by a variety of information. Through observations and interviews, we found that young people are plagued by negative comparisons, interaction dysfunction, information overload, social overload, and intergenerational communication in the process of participating in social media. Increasing numbers of young people feel overwhelmed in the process of online socialization and the phenomenon of social media fatigue (SMF) gradually spreads. This study combined the existing relevant theoretical models of the influencing factors of SMF and the real-life empirical materials of youth groups. Furthermore, this study enriched into new research variables and validated the data of relevant variables through a questionnaire survey (n = 663) to explore the influencing factors of SMF of youth groups and inductively analyze the inner logic of the emergence of SMF among such groups. It was found that negative comparison, interaction dysregulation, information overload, social overload, self-efficacy, and impression management all had significant positive effects on SMF behaviors, while privacy anxiety and intergenerational communication had no significant positive effects on SMF behaviors.

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“…While we know why China engages in international image management, so far we are just in the early stages to understand the implications of its image management due to a research focus on descriptive studies analyzing individual instruments of China’s image management. Media operations are frequently researched (Gao et al, 2017; Marsh, 2018; Thussu, de Burgh, & Shi, 2018; Zhang, Wasserman, & Mano, 2016) and the usage of Confucius Institutes (CIs; Gil, 2017; Hartig, 2016) or China’s image management in specific regions (Alexander, 2014), especially in Africa (Batchelor & Zhang, 2017; Jiang, Li, Rønning, & Tjønneland, 2016; Zhang et al, 2016), have gained academic attention.…”

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“…One of the biggest confusions concerns the question how to distinguish between soft power and public diplomacy (Rawnsley, 2016), resulting in statements such as “China’s soft power or public diplomacy” (Mano, 2016, p. 168) or “China’s ‘public diplomacy’ or ‘soft power’ initiatives” (Jiang et al, 2016, p. 4). While it is not the intention here to criticize this fuzziness, it seems helpful to return to the early literature on this topic, mainly IR scholarship dealing with soft power.…”

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A review of the current state of research on China’s international image management

Hartig

2019

Communication and the Public

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Image Management is a crucial aspect of China's engagement with the world, and the related scholarship has already produced high-quality learned analyses. This article, however, identifies a certain stagnation in knowledge production. This stagnation, I argue, is first due to a tendency to focus research on a few recurring themes and second due to three contested areas and related research gaps. These contestations concern (1) the question how to describe and conceptualize image management practices, (2) the question what instruments belong to image management practices, and (3) most importantly the question of audiences and how to measure the impact of these practices. By mapping out these areas, this article provides avenues for further research and argues in favor of interdisciplinary mixed-methods research in this field. Taking those contested areas and the existing research gaps more seriously into consideration is imperative to understand China's communicative practices which increasingly become a major component of China's overall behavior on the global stage.

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The voice of China in Africa: media, communication technologies and image-building

Cited by 22 publications

References 6 publications

How Is the Performance of Chinese News Media in Kenya? An Analysis of Perceived Audience Reception and Motivation

How Is the Performance of Chinese News Media in Kenya? An Analysis of Perceived Audience Reception and Motivation

“Why Are You Running Away From Social Media?” Analysis of the Factors Influencing Social Media Fatigue: An Empirical Data Study Based on Chinese Youth

A review of the current state of research on China’s international image management

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