#203: China's Global Media Campaign
Asia Rising
English - April 28, 2023 03:47 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsPolitics News asia china japan la trobe university indonesia korea north korea south korea india Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The message conveyed by global media can be a powerful one, useful in influencing public perception and shaping politics, local media and information environments.
Controlling the media narrative, usually through influence or your own state-run outlets, is of great interest to China. The superpower is actively seeking to insert itself into many other countries’ elections, social media, media, and overall politics.
Guest: Joshua Kurlantzick (Senior Fellow for Southeast Asia Council on Foreign Relations and author of Beijing's Global Media Offensive: China's Uneven Campaign To Influence Asia and the World)
Recorded on February 16, 2023.