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020			_a9781783605231 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)on1091647783
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050	0	0	_aHE8464 _b.G34 2019
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100	1		_aGagliardone, Iginio, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aChina, Africa, and the future of the Internet / _cIginio Gagliardone.
264		1	_aLondon, UK : _bZed Books Ltd, _c[2019]
300			_axi, 193 pages ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
386			_mGender group: _ngdr _aMales _2lcdgt
386			_mNationality/regional group: _nnat _aBritons _2lcdgt
386			_mOccupational/field of activity group: _nocc _aUniversity and college faculty members _2lcdgt
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 167-185) and index.
520			_a"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." -- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aTelecommunication _zAfrica.
650		0	_aInternet _zAfrica.
650		7	_aAfrica. _2ascl _0(NL-LeOCL)294896791
650		7	_aChina. _2ascl _0(NL-LeOCL)294904271
650		7	_aInternet. _2ascl _0(NL-LeOCL)294917683
650		7	_ainformation technology. _2ascl _0(NL-LeOCL)294917217
650		7	_ainternational relations. _2ascl _0(NL-LeOCL)294917659
650		7	_aInternational relations. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00977053
650		7	_aInternet. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00977184
650		7	_aTelecommunication. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01145830
650		7	_aMedia Studies. _2ukslc
651		0	_aAfrica _xRelations _zChina.
651		0	_aChina _xRelations _zAfrica.
651		7	_aAfrica. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01239509
651		7	_aChina. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01206073
776	0	8	_iEbook version : _z9781783605255
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