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China, Africa, and the Future of the Internet

Af: Dr Iginio Gagliardone Engelsk Paperback

China, Africa, and the Future of the Internet

Af: Dr Iginio Gagliardone Engelsk Paperback
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China is transforming Africa''s information space. It is assisting African broadcasters with extensive loans, training and exchange programmes and has set up its own media operations on the continent in the form of CCTV Africa. In the telecommunications sector, China is helping African governments to expand access to the internet and mobile phones, with rapid and large-scale success. While Western countries have ambiguously linked the need to fight security threats with restrictions of the information space, China has been vocal in asserting the need to control communication to ensure stability and development.

Featuring a wealth of interviews with a variety of actors – from Chinese and African journalists in Chinese media to Chinese workers for major telecommunication companies – this highly original book demonstrates how China is both contributing to the ''Africa rising'' narrative while exploiting the weaknesses of Western approaches to Africa, which remain trapped between an emphasis on stability and service delivery, on the one hand, and the desire to advocate human rights and freedom of expression on the other. Arguing no state can be understood without attention to its information structure, the book provides the first assessment of China’s new model for the media strategies of developing states, and the consequences of policing Africa’s information space for geopolitics, security and citizenship.

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China is transforming Africa''s information space. It is assisting African broadcasters with extensive loans, training and exchange programmes and has set up its own media operations on the continent in the form of CCTV Africa. In the telecommunications sector, China is helping African governments to expand access to the internet and mobile phones, with rapid and large-scale success. While Western countries have ambiguously linked the need to fight security threats with restrictions of the information space, China has been vocal in asserting the need to control communication to ensure stability and development.

Featuring a wealth of interviews with a variety of actors – from Chinese and African journalists in Chinese media to Chinese workers for major telecommunication companies – this highly original book demonstrates how China is both contributing to the ''Africa rising'' narrative while exploiting the weaknesses of Western approaches to Africa, which remain trapped between an emphasis on stability and service delivery, on the one hand, and the desire to advocate human rights and freedom of expression on the other. Arguing no state can be understood without attention to its information structure, the book provides the first assessment of China’s new model for the media strategies of developing states, and the consequences of policing Africa’s information space for geopolitics, security and citizenship.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 208
ISBN-13: 9781783605224
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1783605227
Kategori: China
Udg. Dato: 15 jun 2019
Længde: 16mm
Bredde: 159mm
Højde: 215mm
Forlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato: 15 jun 2019
Forfatter(e): Dr Iginio Gagliardone
Forfatter(e) Dr Iginio Gagliardone


Kategori China


ISBN-13 9781783605224


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 208


Udgave


Længde 16mm


Bredde 159mm


Højde 215mm


Udg. Dato 15 jun 2019


Oplagsdato 15 jun 2019


Forlag Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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