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Title: | Is this not colonization? Framing Sino-South African relations in South Africa’s mainstream press | Authors: | Albert Chibuwe Allen Munoriyarwa Department of Media, Communication, Film and Theatre Arts at Midlands State University, Zimbabwe and Research Fellow at the University of South Africa University of Botswana |
Keywords: | Sino-South Africa relations framing theory frame analysis mainstream press; China Africa |
Issue Date: | Jun-2022 | Publisher: | Sabinet African Journals | Abstract: | Drawing on a media-centric framing theory, and utilising qualitative framing analysis, we examine how selected mainstream newspapers in South Africa framed Sino- South Africa relationships. We observe the ubiquity of negative anti-Chinese frames in the South African mainstream media. We demonstrate that these largely negative frames on China clustered around key issues: its economic relationship with South Africa; human rights issues; and China’s political ties with African regimes. We argue that the negative frames were a result of newspapers’ sourcing routines. Furthermore, we argue that anti-Chinese frames in the South African media sync neatly with a growing negative public perception of China, sustained by global media especially in the West and the US. | URI: | https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/5876 |
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