Is this not colonization?: Framing Sino-South African relations in South Africa’s mainstream press
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...
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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.
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| spelling | doaj-art-f672c3938c3e424e9290a34ead72474e2025-01-20T08:57:13ZengUniversity of JohannesburgCommunicare0259-00692957-79502022-08-0141110.36615/jcsa.v41i1.1392Is this not colonization?: Framing Sino-South African relations in South Africa’s mainstream pressAllen Munoriyarwa0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5064-3192Albert Chibuwe1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3905-6541University of JohannesburgUniversity of the Free State 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. https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/jcsa/article/view/1392Sino-South Africa relationsframing theoryframe analysismainstream pressChinaAfrica |
| spellingShingle | Allen Munoriyarwa Albert Chibuwe Is this not colonization?: Framing Sino-South African relations in South Africa’s mainstream press Communicare Sino-South Africa relations framing theory frame analysis mainstream press China Africa |
| title | Is this not colonization?: Framing Sino-South African relations in South Africa’s mainstream press |
| title_full | Is this not colonization?: Framing Sino-South African relations in South Africa’s mainstream press |
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| title_short | Is this not colonization?: Framing Sino-South African relations in South Africa’s mainstream press |
| title_sort | is this not colonization framing sino south african relations in south africa s mainstream press |
| topic | Sino-South Africa relations framing theory frame analysis mainstream press China Africa |
| url | https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/jcsa/article/view/1392 |
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