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Assessing the Potential of Channel NewsAsia as the Next ‘Al Jazeera’: A Comparative Discourse Analysis of Channel NewsAsia and the BBC

Shangyuan Wu

Global Media and Communication, volume 9, issue 2 (2013), pp. 83-99

"The Qatari news network, Al Jazeera, has emerged as a prime example of a global media contra-flow that has been able to give its region a voice in the international news arena. At a time when developments like the global economic crisis have called for greater checks and balances on Western governm ... more

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Challenges and Dangers of Reporting in a Tumultuous Border Region: How Journalists at the 'El Paso Times' Deal with the Violence in Neighboring Ciudad Juarez

Cathleen Carter, Kris Kodrich

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, volume 90, issue 2 (2013), pp. 331-346

"Journalists at the El Paso Times routinely cover violence in neighboring Ciudad Juarez, where thousands of men, women, and children have been murdered in recent years. Utilizing border theory and research involving journalists and trauma, this qualitative newsroom study examines how journalists at ... more

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So sieht uns die Welt: Ansichten über Deutschland

Hanni Hüsch (ed.)

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Lizenzausg. (2013), 254 pp.

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Considering the “illogical Patchwork”: The Broadcasting Board of Governors and U.S. International Broadcasting

Emily T. Metzgar

Los Angeles: Figueroa Press (2013), 42 pp.

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African History Teaching in Contemporary German Textbooks: From Biased Knowledge to Duty of Remembrance

Elina Marmer, Papa Sow

Yesterday & Today, issue 10 (2013), pp. 49-76

"In early colonial times, European scientists explained and justified the aggressive and devastating expansion of Europe into nearly every corner of the world. Africans, for example, had been dehumanized, infantilized and bereft of history. The legacy of this manipulative enterprise can still be obs ... more

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Afrika(ner)bilder in westlichen Medien: Ungleichheit und die Repräsentation des Anderen im Zuge globaler Kommunikationsflüsse

Michael Waltinger

In: Medienbildung in einer sich wandelnden Gesellschaft

Björn Maurer; Petra Reinhard-Hauck; Jan-René Schluchter; Martina von Zimmermann (eds.)

München: kopaed (2013), pp. 279-290

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Reporting Disasters: Famine, Aid, Politics and the Media

Suzanne Franks

London: Hurst (2013), x, 236 pp.

"The media reporting of the Ethiopian Famine in 1984-5 was an iconic news event. It is widely believed to have had an unprecedented impact, challenging perceptions of Africa and mobilising public opinion and philanthropic action in a dramatic new way. The contemporary international configuration of ... more

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Bad News for Refugees

Greg Philo, Emma Briant, Pauline Donald

London: Pluto Press (2013), ix, 203 pp.

"Bad News for Refugees analyses the political, economic and environmental contexts of migration and looks specifically at how refugees and asylum seekers have been stigmatised in political rhetoric and in media coverage. Through forensic research it shows how hysterical and inaccurate media accounts ... more

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CCTV’s International Expansion: China’s Grand Strategy for Media?

Anne Nelson

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2013), 37 pp.

"China Central Television has come a long way since its founding as a domestic party propaganda outlet in 1958. The domestic service has been supplemented by an international service, boasting three major global offices in Beijing, Washington, and Nairobi, and more than 70 additional international b ... more

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Humanitäre Hilfe und Medien

Markus Moke, Maria Rüther

In: Handbuch Humanitäre Hilfe

Jürgen Lieser; Dennis Dijkzeul (eds.)

Berlin; Heidelberg: Springer (2013), pp. 171-182

"In diesem Kapitel geht es um die Rolle der Medien in der humanitären Hilfe und um das Zusammenspiel von Medien und humanitären Akteuren bei der Katastrophenberichterstattung und der damit verbundenen Spendenwerbung. Dabei wird insbesondere der Frage nachgegangen, wie Medien und Hilfsorganisatione ... more

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The Global News Challenge: Market Strategies of International Broadcasting Organizations in Developing Countries

Anne Geniets

New York; London: Routledge (2013), xv, 188 pp.

"This book employs a global perspective to explore the subject across the whole population and different media platforms in select developing markets of Africa and South Asia. It is unique in providing a theoretical framework by which to analyze demand and usage of and trust in news from internation ... more

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China in Africa: Soft Power, Media Perceptions and a Pan-Developing Identity

Shubo Li, Helge Rønning

Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) (2013), 17 pp.

"China is currently implementing a full-fledged ‘Going Global’ strategy, particularly in Africa. Chinese engagement on the continent is all pervasive and spearheaded by summit conferences and flanked by a surge of Chinese state-own media houses and state-funded cultural institutions. This report ... more

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Half-Orchestrated, Half Freestyle: Soft Power and Reporting Africa in China

Shubo Li, Helge Rønning

African Journalism Studies, volume 34, issue 3 (2013), pp. 102-124

"The discussion of soft power in China can be dated back to 1992, the year Nye's Bound to lead was translated into Chinese and published in Mainland China. Chinese scholars urged that restrictions on civil society be lifted, since China's lack of voluntary associations and NGOs drastically hindered ... more

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Reporting China in Africa

African Journalism Studies, volume 34, issue 3 (2013), pp. 1-160

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The Role of Public Sentiment and Social Media in the Evolving China-Africa Relationship

Yu-Shan Wu

Johannesburg: South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) (2013), 24 pp.

"The demands of public diplomacy have shifted with the development of social media technologies. Increasingly, governments are required to gauge and respond to public sentiment over and above the one-way communication of broadcast media. The social media and accompanying elevated public role have co ... more

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Diplomacy, Development and Security in the Information Age

Shanthi Kalathil (ed.)

Washington, DC: Georgetown University, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (2013), v, 142 pp.

"[...] This series thus proposes to unpack the concepts of transparency and volatility across three major arenas of international affairs: security, diplomacy, and development. Each issue-area features two essays, each focusing on different aspects of transparency and/or volatility. Two additional e ... more

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China as a Persuader: CCTV Africa's First Steps in the African Mediasphere

Iginio Gagliardone

African Journalism Studies, volume 34, issue 3 (2013), pp. 25-40

"China, in seeking greater engagement with African audiences, has dramatically boosted its potential to shape narratives in ways that can favour its image or interests abroad. Focusing on CCTV Africa, China’s flagship efforts to win hearts and minds on the continent, the article explains how this ... more

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Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya Framing of the Israel–Palestine Conflict During War and Calm Periods

Mohamad Hamas Elmasry, Alaa El Shamy, Peter Manning, Andrew Mills, Philip J. Auter

International Communication Gazette, volume 75, issue 8 (2013), pp. 750-768

"This framing study compares Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya coverage of the Israel–Palestine conflict during the 2008/2009 Gaza conflict and one year later, during a period of calm. Findings suggest that both networks used framing mechanisms to highlight Palestinian perspectives over Israeli ones and f ... more

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Exile Media, Global News Flows and Democratization: The Role of Democratic Voice of Burma's 2010 Elections

Julianne Pidduck

Media, Culture & Society, volume 34, issue 5 (2012), pp. 537-554

"This article explores the links between transnational media flows and social and political change in authoritarian regimes through a conjunctural study of Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), a Burmese exile media organization. Drawing on observation and interviews conducted at DVB's Oslo studio during ... more

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International Radio Broadcasting: It's Not What it Used to Be

Andrew M. Clark

In: The Palgrave Handbook of Global Radio

John Allen Hendricks (ed.)

Houndmills, Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2012), pp. 3-16

"Government-sponsored international radio broadcasting has been an important public diplomacy tool since shortwave frequencies were first used in the 1920s. This chapter defines international radio broadcasting as "the purposeful attempts on the part of stations in one country to reach listeners in ... more