Emerging trends and patterns in China-Africa media dynamics: A discussion from an East African perspective

作者：Wekesa Bob^*

来源：Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies , 2013, 34(3): 62-78.

DOI：10.1080/02560054.2013.845592

• Africa
• China
• competition
• East Africa
• media
• partnership

Academic considerations of African communications, media and journalism are in their embryonic stages, to the extent that they trail other strands of engagement within highly dynamic China-Africa relations. Yet, media reporting of China by Chinese, African and global media have been in flux since the inauguration of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in 2000. Three layers of perspective on China-Africa media confluences are discernible: the re-entry of Chinese media into the African media space; China-Africa communication/media scholarship is only now beginning to gain traction; and finally, a distinction can be made between media reporting on China-Africa relations and academic/scholarly considerations. Motivated by these hypothetical perspectives, this article broadly describes and discusses four emerging trends and patterns in China-Africa media links, extrapolating trends in policy documents, recent media reporting and scholarly perspectives on the topic.

• 出版日期2013-10-1
• 单位中国传媒大学