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China, media, and international conflicts

Shixin Ivy Zhang, Altman Yuzhu Peng (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2023), xii, 212 pp.

"This book focuses on China’s media diplomacy and its interplay with a range of international conflicts. It assesses the representation and framing of China, as well as the perception and reception of China’s media communication in relation to various crises and conflicts. Including detailed ana ... more

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Global Pandemics and Media Ethics: Issues and Perspectives

Tendai Chari, Martin N. Ndlela (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2023), xiii, 240 pp.

"This topical volume illuminates ethical issues brought to the fore by the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on a broad range of case studies from different regions, it provides insights into the multiple and complex ways in which the pandemic has shaped media ethics. Chapters employ a wide range of innova ... more

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Documentaries and China's national image

Yi Chen

London; New York: Routledge (2023), viii, 245 pp.

"Based on theoretical frameworks of media sociology, political economy of communication and cultural studies, the book traces the development of Chinese documentary and discusses social transformation and cultural representation embodied in documentaries related to China. It is revealed how these wo ... more

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The Palgrave Handbook of Media Misinformation

Karen Fowler-Watt, Julian McDougall (eds.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2023), xliv, 386 pp.

"The Palgrave Handbook of Media Misinformation provides a comprehensive and cutting-edge resource on the critical debates surrounding fake news and misinformation online. Spanning all continents and linking academic, journalistic, and educational communities, this collection offers authoritative cov ... more

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Social media images and conflicts

Mette Mortensen, Ally McCrow-Young (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2023), xii, 137 pp.

"This collection considers how digital images and social media reconfigure the way conflicts are played out, represented and perceived around the globe. Devoted to developing original theoretical frameworks and empirical insights, the volume addresses the role of user images and social media in rela ... more

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Mixed Methods Perspectives on Communication and Social Media Research

Reynaldo Gacho Segumpan, Joanna Soraya Abu Zahari (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2023), xxviii, 280 pp.

"Mixed Methods Perspectives on Communication and Social Media Research addresses the need for a discipline-cum-methodology-tailored book that navigates the current research spectrum of communication and social media ("CommSocMed"). It examines contemporary and relevant issues that intertwine the exp ... more

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Histories of Children's Television Around the World
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Yuval Gozansky (ed.)

New York et al.: Peter Lang (2023), viii, 288 pp.

"This edited book based on a collective effort of researchers and professionals dedicated to compile the stories of children's television around the world. With 12 national chapters, the book includes historical accounts of children's television from the following countries: Australia, Brazil, Canad ... more

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Discourses, Modes, Media and Meaning in an Era of Pandemic: A Multimodal Discourse Analysis Approach

Sabine Tan, Marissa K. L. E. (eds)

New York; London: Routledge (2023), xvi, 276 pp.

"Using a multimodal discourse analysis approach, this dynamic collection examines various discourses, modes and media in circulation during the early stages of the pandemic, and how these have impacted our daily lives in terms of the various meanings they express. Examples include how national and i ... more

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Global Chinese Media and a Decade of Change

Vivien Marsch, Dani Madrid-Morales, Chris Paterson

International Communication Gazette, volume 85, issue 1 (2023), pp. 3-14

"The year 2012 stands as a significant milestone in China's government-led external communication activities. It was in early 2012 that Beijing launched television broadcasting and production centres in Washington, DC, USA (CCTV America, now CGTN America) and Nairobi, Kenya (CGTN Africa). Later in t ... more

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What Role Does Media Entertainment Play in Emerging Adults’ Political Identity and Engagement Across Cultures?

Frank M Schneider, Katharina Knop-Huelss, Jinhee Kim, Larisa Buhin et al.

International Journal of Communication, volume 17 (2023), pp. 1445-1465

"In light of the controversial relationship and blurred lines between information and entertainment media, the current study’s goal aimed at qualitatively exploring media entertainment’s role in emerging adults’ political identity formation and engagement. By analyzing 55 semistructured interv ... more

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Taiwan’s Public Discourse About Disinformation: The Role of Journalism, Academia, and Politics

Adrian Rauchfleisch, Tzu-Hsuan Tseng, Jo-Ju Kao, Yi-Ting Liu

Journalism Practice, volume 17, issue 10 (2023), pp. 2197-2217

"Experts have ranked Taiwan as the number one country regarding the exposure to disinformation. This assessment is not surprising as many exposed disinformation cases can be linked to Chinese statealigned actors but also domestic political actors. Academic researchers, journalists, and the civic tec ... more

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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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Rethinking Film Festivals in the Pandemic Era and After

Marijke de Valck, Antoine Damiens (eds.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2023), xix, 342 pp.

"This edited collection aims to document the effects of Covid-19 on film festivals and to theorize film festivals in the age of social distancing. To some extent, this crisis begs us to consider what happens when festivals can't happen; while films have found new (temporary) channels of distribution ... more

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When Children Draw Gods: A Multicultural and Interdisciplinary Approach to Children's Representations of Supernatural Agents

Pierre-Yves Brandt, Zhargalma Dandarova-Robert, Christelle Cocco, Dominique Vinck, Frédéric Darbellay (eds.)

Cham: Springer (2023), viii, 569 pp.

"This open access book explores how children draw God. It looks at children's drawings collected in a large variety of cultural and religious traditions. Coverage demonstrates the richness of drawing as a method for studying representations of the divine. In the process, it also contributes to our u ... more

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Bridging Two Worlds: Comparing Classical Political Thought and Statecraft in India and China

Amitav Acharya, Daniel A. Bell, Rajeev Bhargava, Yan (eds.) Xuetong

Oakland, Cal.: University of California Press (2023), xi, 318 pp.

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Ageing with Smartphones in Urban China: From the Cultural to the Digital Revolution in Shanghai

Xinyuan Wang

London: UCL Press (2023), xviii, 291 pp.

"Based on 16-month ethnographic fieldwork in Shanghai, Ageing with Smartphones in Urban China tackles the intersection between the ‘two revolutions’ experienced by the older generation in Shanghai: the contemporary smartphone-based digital revolution and the earlier communist revolutions. We fin ... more

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Surveillance Infrastructure in China: Key Concepts and Mechanisms Enhancing the Party-State’s Governance Ambitions

Susan Trevaskes, Ausma Bernot

Global Media and China, volume 8, issue 3 (2023), pp. 327-342

"Surveillance infrastructure in China monitors and enables authorities to react to potential risky, miscreant or criminal behaviour. What type of behaviours are perceived to be so, is determined in large part by ideology. Therefore, surveillance infrastructure relies on the machinery of ideology to ... more

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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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1st EEAS Report on Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference Threats: Towards a Framework for Networked Defence
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European Union (2023), 35 pp.

"Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine dominates observed Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) activity. Ukraine and its representatives have been the direct target of 33 incidents. In 60 out of 100 incidents, supporting the invasion was the main motivation behind the attack. D ... more

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