A01=Emeka Umejei
African media
Author_Emeka Umejei
Category=JBCT
Chinese Media
Chinese Social Media
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Gatekeeping in Media
Journalisic Agency
Journalistic Performance
Media in Africa
Media Studies
Positive Reporting
Segregated Newsroom
Product details
- ISBN 9781498593960
- Weight: 413g
- Dimensions: 161 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 23 Jul 2020
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Chinese Media in Africa: Perception, Performance, and Paradox analyzes the debate on Chinese media expansion in Africa and its implication for the African media landscape by engaging with African journalists who train and work in Chinese media organizations based in Africa. Emeka Umejei analyzes how African journalists that enter the sphere of Chinese media, often with libertarian notions of journalism, are able to navigate the collisions and collusions that inform journalism in these settings. Through extensive interviews with African journalists, Umejei explores the constant negotiation of freedoms—including the ability to always work in relation to African reality—within state-controlled media organizations. These interviews bring to light the paradoxical nature of Chinese media organizations that both preach equality with Africa and simultaneously promote Chinese hegemony in the media, highlighting the diverse contours that shape and influence journalism practices in these settings. Scholars of journalism, media studies, African studies, international relations, and sociology will find this book particularly useful.
Emeka Umejei is visiting assistant professor in communication and multimedia design at the American University of Nigeria in Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria.
