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China’s digital expansion in the Global South: Systematic literature review and future research agenda
Information Society, volume 40, issue 2 (2024), pp. 69-95
"At the intersection of China’s growing global presence and growing digital power lies its digital expansion in the low- and middle-income countries of the Global South. Worth billions of US$ annually in trade and investment, and having a significant impact on these countries’social and economic
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Global Perspectives on Press Regulation. Volume 2: Asia, Africa, the Americas and Oceania
London: Hart Publishing (2024), 368 pp.
"In this ground-breaking two-volume set, world-leading experts produce a rich, authoritative depiction of the world's press, its freedom, and its limits. We want press freedom but we also want freedom from the press. A powerful press may expose corrupt government or aid it. It may champion citizens
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Digital Platforms and the Global South: Reconfiguring Power Relations in the Cultural Industries
London; New York: Routledge (2024), xiii, 239 pp.
"This book addresses the issues raised by digital platforms in the Global South, with an emphasis on the cultural stakes involved. It brings together an interdisciplinary team of researchers - including political economists, socio-economists, geographers, media sociologists or anthropologists - who
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Social Media, Youth, and the Global South: Comparative Perspectives
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2024), xix, 292 pp.
This book illuminates the complex relationship between social media, identity, and youth in the Global South. By examining the profound impact on the psychosocial well-being and economic prospects of young people across diverse regions, the collection present empirical evidence from scholars spannin
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The Routledge Companion to Journalism in the Global South
London; New York: Routledge (2024), xxiv, 491 pp.
"Responding to mounting calls to decenter and decolonize journalism, The Routledge Companion to Journalism in the Global South examines not only the deep-seated challenges associated with the historical imposition of Western journalism standards on constituencies of the Global South but also the opp
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Digitalization in China: Who’s left behind?
Information, Communication & Society, volume 27, issue 6 (2024), pp. 1247-1265
"In an age of digitalization, who still refuses to use digital technology? Drawing on nationally-representative Chinese General Social Survey data, this article finds that about half of Chinese households do not actively use the Internet or epayment systems, despite their ubiquity. This article esti
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Political Technology: The Globalisation of Political Manipulation
Cambridge et al.: Cambridge University Press (2024), xii, 486 pp.
"Political technology' is a Russian term for the professional engineering of politics. It has turned Russian politics into theatre and propaganda, and metastasised to take over foreign policy and weaponise history. The war against Ukraine is one outcome. In the West, spin doctors and political consu
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Learning along the Digital Silk Road? Technology transfer, power, and Chinese ICT corporations in North Africa
Information Society, volume 40, issue 2 (2024), pp. 136-153
"While much attention has been paid to how China’s rise as a digital superpower could threaten US hegemony over cyberspace, much less has been written on what the Digital Silk Road, or the presence of Chinese tech firms in developing countries more broadly, means for technological upgrading and de
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Digital China: Creativity and Community in the Sinocybersphere
Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press (2024), 312 pp.
"Over the past decade, digital technologies have profoundly reshaped the Chinese cultural landscape. With a focus on the creative agency of new media and online communities, this volume examines this development through the notion of the Sinocybersphere - the networked spaces across the globe that n
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Zensur: Handbuch für Wissenschaft und Studium
Baden-Baden: Nomos (2024), 611 pp.
"Das vorliegende Handbuch präsentiert erstmals den Stand der Zensurforschung aus einer interdisziplinären, transhistorischen und globalen Perspektive. Nach begrifflich-theoretischen Grundlagen werden zentrale Akteure und Handlungsfelder der Zensur behandelt: Politik, Religion, Wirtschaft, Kunst, M
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Knowledge Workers of the Digital World, Unite! Knowledge Workers’ Workplace Surveillance and Hidden Transcripts in China
International Journal of Communication, volume 18 (2024), pp. 3163-3184
"In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a growing use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for the purposes of labor control and surveillance. This trend significantly affects the knowledge workers who are deeply connected with ICT. However, there is a lack of studies tackl
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The Construction of Distributed Trust on Bilibili Under the COVID-19 Pandemic
International Journal of Communication, volume 18 (2024), pp, 2859-2881
"This study explores the construction of distributed trust under today’s networked environment. Focusing on diaspora micro-influencers’ COVID-19-related videos on Bilibili, this study aims to explore: How platform-specific features of Bilibili enhance the construction of distributed trust; the d
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Global Journalism in Comparative Perspective: Case Studies
London; New York: Routledge (2024), xvii, 251 pp.
"This book explores how journalism is practiced around the world and how there are multiple factors at the structural and contextual level shaping journalism practice. Drawing on case studies of how conflicts, pandemics, political developments, or human rights violations are covered in an online-fir
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China’s image-building in Africa: The intersection of the media and economic development investment in Mali
International Journal of Media & Cultural Politics, volume 19, issue 2-3 (2024), pp. 137-160
"Since the 2000s, China has deepened public relations in its engagement with Africa primarily through economic investment and assistance. The present work looks at China’s African public relations and the mechanism that shapes public perception of China, focusing on Mali. Mali is not a major desti
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The Emergence of China's Smart State
Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield (2024), ix, 250 pp.
"China’s emergence as a technology leader has become a major factor in geopolitics, transforming global political and economic relationships. In its bid to achieve digital great power status, China’s government has reformed laws and policies, drastically increased investment, and become more ass
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Evaluating the Legal Protections for Journalists in China: Challenges and Recommendations for Strengthening Press Freedom
Law & Economy, volume 3, issue 5 (2024), pp. 33–40
"This paper examines the current state of legal protections for journalists in China, focusing on the challenges they face and proposing comprehensive recommendations to enhance press freedom. It analyzes the historical evolution of these protections, the existing legal framework, and compares them
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China's Discourse Power: Capabilities and Impact
Washington, DC: Atlantic Council (2023), 40 pp.
‘Push-and-pull’ for visibility: How do fans as users negotiate over algorithms with Chinese digital platforms?
Information, Communication & Society, volume 26, issue 2 (2023), pp. 321-339
"In the algorithmic era, both users and the platform battle for visibility. Chinese fans are savvy users who explore the hidden algorithms behind platform functions. With the collectively developed algorithmic imaginary, digital fandom communities negotiate with the platform over algorithms to optim
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Kleptocratic Cooperation in Africa: How Russia and China Undermine Democracy
Washington, DC: National Endowment for Democracy (NED) (2023), 17 pp.
"The two essays in this report highlight ways in which two global authoritarian powers, Russia and China, provide surge capacity to kleptocratic networks in Africa. In his essay J.R. Mailey dissects the Wagner Group’s illicit activities in key parts of Africa. The Wagner Group’s activities are c
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Belt and Road Initiative supported co-production films: Film policy and disoriented remembrance of the Silk Road past
International Communication Gazette, volume 48, issue 62 (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
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