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International Communication: Essential Readings

Vandana Pednekar-Magal (ed.)

Cognella, 2nd revised ed. (2018), viii, 228 pp.

"Designed as a text with introductions to each section and chapter, the volume brings together diverse perspectives on globalization and communication and includes significant emerging aspects of International Communication research such as diaspora audience and global publics." (Publisher descripti ... more

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China's Media Go Global

Daya Kishan Thussu, Hugo de Burgh, Anbin Shi (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2018), xiv, 324 pp.

"As part of China’s ‘going out’ strategy, China is using its media to promote its views and vision to the wider world and to counter negative images in the US-dominated international media. China’s Media Go Global, the first edited collection on this subject, evaluates how the unprecedented ... more

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Chinese International Broadcasting, Public Diplomacy and Soft Power

Gary D. Rawnsley

In: Routledge Handbook of Chinese Media

Gary D. Rawnsley; Ming-Yeh T. Rawnsley (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2018), pp. 460-475

"There are five key reasons why China encounters problems in trying to manage the global conversation. First, the power and scope of conversation is not under China's control, but rather resides in the audience [...] Second, the audience's image of China is conditioned by the politics of the country ... more

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Communicating National Image Through Development and Diplomacy: The Politics of Foreign Aid

James Pamment, Karin Gwinn Wilkins (eds.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), xii, 272 pp.

"This edited collection draws upon interdisciplinary research to explore new dimensions in the politics of image and aid. While development communication and public diplomacy are established research fields, there is little scholarship that seeks to understand how the two areas relate to one another ... more

Re-Evaluating China’s Global Media Expansion

Vivien Marsh (ed.)

Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, volume 13, issue 1 (2018), pp. 1-142

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A New Responsible Power China? China's Public Diplomacy for Global Public Goods

Ines Sieckmann, Odila Triebel (eds.)

Stuttgart: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) (2018), 85 pp.

"Is China's engagement in the global governance of global public goods (GPGs) credible in terms of China's projected image as a new responsible power? Only through global cooperation can GPGs such as climate and security be effectively provided. International decision-making structures are currently ... more

Beyond the Great Firewall: How China Became a Global Information Power

Shanthi Kalathil

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA);Article 19 (2017), 41 pp.

Media Development, DAC, and China: Different Approaches, Same Public Diplomacy

Valerie A. Cooper

Journal of Media Business Studies, volume 14, issue 1 (2017), pp. 25-37

"More than US $441 million was spent on media development worldwide in 2012, with African countries receiving 28% of that amount. This funding came from a variety of sources, including both established Development Assistance Committee (DAC) countries and emerging donors such as China. These countrie ... more

China's Media and Soft Power in Africa: Promotion and Perceptions
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Xiaoling Zhang, Herman Wasserman, Winston Mano (eds.)

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), xii, 237 pp.

"This volume brings together scholars from different disciplines and nations to examine and assess the effectiveness of China's soft power initiatives in Africa. It throws light not only on China's engagement with Africa but also on how China's increasing influence is received in the African media." ... more

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The Other Air Force: U.S. Efforts to Reshape Middle Eastern Media Since 9/11

Matt Sienkiewicz

New Brunswick, New Jersey, London: Rutgers University Press (2016), ix, 216 pp.

"As it seeks to win the hearts and minds of citizens in the Muslim world, the United States has poured millions of dollars into local television and radio programming, hoping to generate pro-American currents on Middle Eastern airwaves. However, as this fascinating new book shows, the Middle Eastern ... more

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The Public Diplomacy of Emerging Powers, Part 1: The Case of Turkey

Ellen Huijgh, Jordan Warlick

Los Angeles: Figueroa Press (2016), 48 pp.

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The Public Diplomacy of Emerging Powers, Part 2: The Case of Indonesia

Ellen Huijgh

Los Angeles: Figueroa Press (2016), 66 pp.

Intersections Between Public Diplomacy and International Development: Case Studies in Converging Fields

James Pamment (ed.)

Los Angeles: Figueroa Press;USC Center on Public Diplomacy (2016), 178 pp.

"Radio France Internationale" and "Deutsche Welle" in Francophone Africa: International Broadcasters in a Time of Change

Anke Fiedler, Marie-Soleil Frère

Communication, Culture & Critique, volume 9 (2016), pp. 68-85

"For decades international radio broadcasters on the African continent were considered the tools of Western imperialism, ideological weapons in the Cold War. Yet international broadcasters also provided a crucial, alternative supply of information in times of state monopoly of the media and when the ... more

Winning the Information War: Techniques and Counter-Strategies to Russian Propaganda in Central and Eastern Europe

Edward Lucas, Peter Pomeranzev

Washington, DC: Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) (2016), 64 pp.

"Currently, no dedicated agency or systematic effort analyzes the effect of Russian (or any other) disinformation. Who really watches Russia Today? Where? For how long? And why? Nor do we have the means to systematically track the content: How does the Kremlin’s message in Germany differ from the ... more

Bullets and Bulletins: Media and Politics in the Wake of the Arab Uprisings
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Mohamed Zayani, Suzi Mirgani (eds.)

London: Hurst (2016), xi, 254 pp.

"Bullets and Bulletins takes a sobering and holistic look at the intersections between media and politics before, during, and in the wake of the Arab uprisings. It is a multi-disciplinary approach to the topic, with the research backed up by in-depth and rigorous case studies of the key countries of ... more

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Free Expression, Globalism, and the New Strategic Communication

Monroe E. Price

New York: Cambridge University Press (2015), ix, 275 pp.

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Cees J. Hamelink

Los Angeles et al.: Sage (2015), xiii, 279 pp.

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Turkey's Public Diplomacy

B. Senem Çevik, Philip Seib (eds.)

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2015), viii, 264 pp.

"As a bridge between Europe and Asia, the West and the Middle East, Turkey sees its influence increasing. Its foreign policy is becoming more complex, making sophisticated public diplomacy an essential tool. This volume - the first in English about the subject - examines this rising power's path tow ... more