Chinese Media in Africa: Perception, Performance and Paradox

Chinese Media in Africa: Perception, Performance and Paradox
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.

Author/Editor

Emeka Umejei

Publisher

Rowman and Littlefield

ISBN

9781498593960

Published

2020

Specialisation

Social Sciences

Theme

International Relations and Politics
Media
Art and Culture
Globalisation

Region

Global Asia (Asia and other parts of the World)