La internacionalización de los medios de comunicación chinos: un estudio de la producción periodística en CGTN AFRICA = The internationalization of Chinese media: a production study of CGTN Africa
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Since the mid-2000s, China’s State-owned
media have engaged in a process of internationalization
that has the objective of increasing
Beijing’s ability to sway global public
opinion. Africa, where some of the most influential
Chinese media (Xinhua, CRI, China
Daily…) have set up regional headquarters,
is the continent where this process is more
clearly seen. One of these news organizations
is CGTN Africa, China’s Central Television’s
(CCTV) production and broadcasting centre
in Nairobi (Kenya). This paper uses 36 in-depth
interviews with current and former CGTN
Africa employees to answer three questions:
what is the news production process like at
the station; what are the news values most
commonly used in the newsroom; and, what
impact does CGTN Africa have on media professionals
in the continent. The analysis of interviews
reveals, on the one side, a constant
negotiation between agency and structure,
which leads to a hybrid news product that
could be labelled, paraphrasing other similar uses, “African news with Chinese characteristics.”
On the other hand, this paper calls for
more academic research on communication
processes between countries and regions in
the Global South