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China, Africa, and the Future of the Internet
Dr Iginio Gagliardone
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Description for China, Africa, and the Future of the Internet
Paperback. An eye-opening analysis of how China is transforming Africa's information space, and how this impacts Africa's relationships with China and the West. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: GTF; JPSL; KNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783605224
SKU
V9781783605224
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99-10
About Dr Iginio Gagliardone
Iginio Gagliardone teaches Media and Communication at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, and is Associate Research Fellow in New Media and Human Rights in the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy (PCMLP), University of Oxford.
Reviews for China, Africa, and the Future of the Internet
A very original, rigorous and well-cited contribution to the wider field of China-Africa studies and the current global conversation on internet governance. China, Africa and the Future of the Internet provides a useful counter-perspective to the dominant discourse around internet governance which tends to focus on the global north, excluding the notable developments in internet governance taking place in the ... Read more