China in the Global Media Sphere

A Review

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ID22238569
AuthorsAkber Ali (0009-0006-5264-4416, Karakoram International University, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume5
Issue3
Pages527-537
Publication date2021-09-30
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePakistan Social Sciences Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2664-0422 • E-ISSN: 2664-0430
PublisherFatima Gohar Educational and Welfare Society (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.35484/pssr.2021(5-iii)39
OpenAlexW3201501378
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited7

News about China is ubiquitous, yet we know very little about how the news media has represented China in the global media sphere. This study aims at providing a theoretical overview of the global media representations of China. Arguably China remains one of the few countries which have been widely debated in both global media and public discourses vis--vis it's growing economic and political influence in the global world order, its unique cultural and political system, and internal and external challenges. The modest attempt of the current study is to present an overview of the dominant Western and non-Western media representations of China along with the theoretical and methodological approaches the studies utilized. The synthesis of the findings of the studies suggests that there is overwhelmingly negative and critical representation of China in the Western media often depicting China as "negative Other". However, the non-Western media on the other hand depicted China in a favorable and nuanced ways. The findings are elaborated in the light of the forces and factors at play that might shape the media narratives on China in the cross political and cultural settings

China · Political science · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Law

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