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Beijing's Global Media Offensive: China's Uneven Campaign to Influence Asia and the World

Joshua Kurlantzick

Oxford: Oxford University Press (2023), 561 pp.

"Beijing's state-backed media, which once seemed incapable having a significant effect globally, has been overhauled and expanded. At a time when many democracies' media outlets are consolidating due to financial pressures, China's biggest state media outlets, like the newswire Xinhua, are modernizi ... more

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Belt and Road Initiative-Supported Co-Production Films: Film Policy and Disoriented Remembrance of the Silk Road Past

Pengnan Hu

International Communication Gazette, volume 85, issue 1 (2023), pp. 48-62

"Through policy analysis and close reading of two films, this article reveals films’ increasing role in China’s geopolitical plan, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The co-production film Xuanzang shows that the Silk Road past is used to illustrate BRI’s pledge for a beneficial future. Even ... more

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Unlocking U.S. Audience Demand for International News

Laxmi Parthasarathy, Cristi Hegranes

Global Press (2023), 30 pp.

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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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Ein Jahr russischer Angriffskrieg: Die Rolle von Desinformation in Deutschland

Pia Lamberty, Lea Frühwirth

Berlin: CeMAS Center für Monitoring, Analyse und Strategie (2023), 26 pp.

"Desinformation begleitet den russischen Angriffskrieg auf die Ukraine und erreicht auch ein deutsches Publikum. Sie dient der Stärkung russischer Propaganda und ist geeignet, die deutsche und europäische Entscheidungs- und Handlungsfähigkeit in Bezug auf den Krieg zu stören und negativ zu beein ... more

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Forced to Flee: How Exiled Journalists Hold the Powerful to Account

Celeste Katz Marston

NiemanReports, March 20 (2023)

"As press freedoms around the globe erode, journalists are building networks outsidetheir home countries to continue reporting." (Summary)

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China's Institutionalised Cultural Presence in Africa: Cultural Investments, Perceptions and Implications for China-Africa Cultural Relations

Avril Joffe

Stuttgart: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) (2023), 120 pp.

"This study looks at the effects of Chinese cultural diplomacy on the African continent. While for a long time China's investments in large infrastructure projects were viewed positively, Joffe now notes a growing awareness both in civil society and in government agencies of ambivalent consequences. ... more

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China's Cultural Diplomacy in a New Era of Multilateralism: The Case of the China-Community of Latin American & Caribbean States (CELAC) Forum (CCF)

Ximena Zapata

Stuttgart: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) (2023), 195 pp.

"Cultural diplomacy has been one component of China’s foreign policy since its very foundation. However, it is only in recent decades that culture has been wielded as a tool to serve high-reaching goals commensurate with China’s rising superpower status and its capacity to contend for global heg ... more

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Professional Situation and Needs of Afghan Journalists in Exile: An Exploratory Study

Berlin: JX Fund (2023), 38 pp.

"Findings indicate that Afghan exiled journalists worldwide struggle to continue practicing their profession. Even among the few who still work in media, the vast majority depend on additional sources of income. This demonstrates a clear need for support, especially since many respondents aspire to ... more

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Fertile Ground: How Africa and the Arab World Found Common Language with Russia on Ukraine: Analysis of the Pro-Russian Social Media Discourses

Jedrzej Czerep, Sara Nowacka

Warszawa: Polski Instytut Spraw Miedzynarodowych (2023), 94 pp.

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Donetsk Don’t Tell: ‘Hybrid War’ in Ukraine and the Limits of Social Media Influence Operations

Lennart Maschmeyer, Alexei Abrahams, Peter Pomerantsev, Volodymyr Yermolenko

Journal of Information Technology & Politics (2023), 165 pp.

"Many fear that social media enable more potent influence operations than traditional mass media. This belief is widely shared yet rarely tested. We challenge this emerging wisdom by comparing social media and television as vectors for influence operations targeting Ukraine. This article develops a ... more

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Mundo China: The media partnership reframing China’s image in Brazil

Pablo Sebastian Morales, Paulo Menechelli

International Communication Gazette, volume 85, issue 1 (2023), pp. 63-79

"This paper explores China’s increasing media engagement with Latin American partners. It examines the case of Mundo China (MC), a China-news segment broadcast by the Brazilian news channel BandNews TV and co-produced in partnership with CCTV. By conducting content analysis, we assess how China is ... more

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Belt and Road Initiative supported co-production films: Film policy and disoriented remembrance of the Silk Road past

Pengnan Hu

International Communication Gazette, volume 48, issue 62 (2023), pp. 48-62

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China’s Media Propaganda in Africa: A Strategic Assessment

Joshua Eisenman

Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2023), 23 pp.

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China's Approach to Foreign Policy Gets Largely Negative Reviews in 24-Country Survey

Laura Silver, Christine Huang, Laura Clancy

Pew Research Center (2023), 66 pp.

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A Light That Cannot Be Extinguished: Exiled Journalism and Transnational Repression

Jessica White, Grady Vaughan, Yana Gorokhovskaia

Washington, DC: Freedom House (2023), 18 pp.

"1. Increasing attacks on independent media globally are forcing journalists to flee their home countries. Working from abroad, these reporters remain crucial sources of information about some of the world’s most authoritarian countries. But safety in exile is not guaranteed. 2. At least 26 govern ... more

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Changing tides in Zambian television broadcasting: Digital migration and Chinese engagement

Elastus Mambwe

Global Media and Communication, volume 19, issue 3 (2023), pp. 357-371

"This paper examines the recent shifts and debates in the organization of the television landscape following the implementation of digital migration in Zambia. It ponders Zambia’s experience in the digital migration exercise, playing particular attention to the country’s interaction with the Chi ... more

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The Global Battle of Narratives: China’s Media Influence in Thailand

Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Thanapat Pekanan

Potsdam: Friedrich Naumann Stiftung (2023), 14 pp.

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India: Trailblazer in Tech-Emancipation from China

Nikhil Pahwa

New Delhi: Friedrich Naumann Stiftung (2023), 39 pp.

"Over the past few years, India has taken decisive steps to reduce its dependence on Chinese technology and investments. This was triggered by border skirmishes with China in 2020, but built on longstanding national security concerns about China, given the history of conflict between the two countri ... more

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The paperboys of Russian messaging: RT/Sputnik audiences as vehicles for malign information influence

Charlotte Wagnsson

Information, Communication & Society, volume 26, issue 9 (2023), pp. 1849-1867

"This article examines the reception and dissemination of ‘malign information influence’ (MII) in a liberal democracy; information sponsored by authoritarian regimes or other hostile actors and projected through international broadcasting outlets across borders. The study contributes to the scar ... more