@article{801382,
      recid = {801382},
      author = {Li, Shubo.},
      title = {Mediatized China-Africa relations : how media discourses  negotiate the shifting of global order /},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      abstract = {This cutting edge book explores the role of the media in  the highly disputed area of China-Africa relations, notably  how various aspects of the issue have been portrayed,  negotiated and contested in media and academic  discourses. As Africa’s biggest trading partner and  creditor, China explores Africa not only as a marketplace  for importing primary commodities and exporting  manufactured goods, but also as a preferred testing ground  for its media and telecommunication sector aspiring for  further internationalization. At a time when the influence  from Global North has been on the wane in the continent,  emerging powers are regarded as new inspirations for  Africa’s development. China in particular tries to bolster  multipolarity in Africa by factoring in media influence and  facilitating the digitalization process of the continent.  This book offers an up-to-date geopolitical analysis of  China-Africa, examining the role of communication and  telecommunication in the power shift, especially in  constructing social and cultural realities in which the  idea of “development” has been recurrently redefined and  negotiated in the public domain. This volume tackles the  issue from the new perspective of mediatization,  considering how the media on the one hand shapes public  opinion with its narratives and a logic of its own, and on  the other hand simultaneously becomes an integrated part of  other institutions like politics, trade, business as more  of these institutional activities are performed through  both interactive and mass media.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/801382},
}