The scramble for information control over Africa

04/09/2022 32 min
The scramble for information control over Africa

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Podcast: Rules Based Audio (LS 35 · TOP 3% what is this?)Episode: The scramble for information control over AfricaPub date: 2022-07-27Notes from Over The Wire Podcast:There has been increasing concern that Russia and China are using state-owned media companies, social media campaigns, and proxy actors to manipulate public discourse in Africa. This episode discusses how Russia and China calibrate their messaging to different nation states, and how Chinese state-owned media in Africa is replicating and reinforcing Russian narratives around Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationThere has been increasing concern that Russia and China are using state-owned media companies, social media campaigns and proxy actors to manipulate public discourse in the global south. In this episode, Sasha Fegan discusses the influence of disinformation in the media landscape in Africa. Her guests will talk about how Russia and China calibrate their messaging to different nation states, and how Chinese state-owned media in Africa is replicating and reinforcing Russian narratives around Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.Idayat Hassan, is a lawyer, development expert and director of the Center for Democracy and Development in Abuja, Nigeria. Dani Madrid-Morales, is a lecturer in the Department of Journalism Studies at The University of Sheffield. He is an expert on Africa-China mediated relations, particularly in Kenya and South Africa. His latest book is Disinformation in the Global South.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Lowy Institute, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.