Nature of Mediatization of Sino-Kenya Relations by the Kenyan Mainstream Press

2021 New Media and Mass Communication  
Theoretically, the Kenyan press tends to be superficial in mediatizing Sino-Kenya relations. The tightening, multilevel and overarching social, political and economic relations are to a certain extent dependent on a critical analysis of the Kenyan mainstream press. The relation however is exhibited by the Kenyan mainstream press superficially and therefore the need to have a critical analysis of the selected newspapers. The study used the political economy and the mediatization theories to
more » ... cally explore and get the discourses in the selected Kenyan Newspapers' mediatization of Sino-Kenya relations. This study therefore aimed at investigate the nature of Sino-Kenya relations in Kenyan mainstream press mediatization of Sino-Kenya relations. The study sought to answer the following question, what is the nature of Sino-Kenya relations as mediatized in the selected Kenyan mainstream press? An explorative research design approach was adopted to address the question of meditization by the mainstream press on Sino-Kenya relations. The identified nature of mediatization were found to be fused with ideological undertones that served in mediatizing the Sino-Kenya relations. The results indicated that articles adopted neutral tone whose implication was a dual beneficial relation.
doi:10.7176/nmmc/97-04 fatcat:lafpv6kbtjfbzpddbgrmdmraiu