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С.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Kravtsov</surname><given-names>K. S.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Кравцов Кирилл Сергеевич, студент бакалавриата, научныи и учебныи ассистент</p><p>190008, Санкт-Петербург, ул. Союза Печатников, д. 16</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Kirill S. Kravtsov, Bachelor student, Research and Teaching Assistant</p><p>16 Soyuza Pechatnikov Street, St Petersburg,190121</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">alienarisi@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Национальный исследовательский университет “Высшая школа экономики”</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>National Research University “Higher School of Economics”</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2023</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>22</day><month>10</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>5</volume><issue>2</issue><fpage>73</fpage><lpage>90</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Кравцов К.С., 2025</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Кравцов К.С.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Kravtsov K.S.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://mos.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/102">https://mos.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/102</self-uri><abstract><p>Данное исследование изучает теорию цифровой дипломатии и делает фокус на применении ее на практике Китаем в Африке в XXI в., количественно и качественно анализируя сайты и страницы аккаунтов посольств КНР в Африке в социальных сетях Фейсбук и Твиттер. Использовались количественный метод анализа социальных сетей посредством подсчета уровня вовлеченности аудитории и других показателей (количество репостов, лаи ков, публикаций), качественные метод категоризации стратегических нарративов по 3 типам (международной системы, национальные, проблемно-ориентированные). Детальное изучение аккаунтов посольств в 5 странах (ЮАР, Конго, Буркина-Фасо, Тунис, Танзания) в Фейсбуке выявило количественное лидерство посольства в ЮАР по числу публикации, качественное превосходство аккаунта посольства в Конго по показателю вовлеченности аудитории и наибольшее количество лаи ков и репостов у Туниса. Аккаунт в ЮАР наиболее активный по публикациям в рамках выборки, однако более активно пользователи реагировали на новости посольств Китая в Тунисе и Конго. В основном публикации позитивно окрашены, большинство самых популярных постов были о пандемии, помощи от КНР, культурных мероприятиях и дипломатических встречах. Самым распространенным типом нарратива в аккаунтах посольств оказался проблемно-ориентированный, подчёркивающий решение участниками конкретных задач и вопросов.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>This study examines the theory of digital diplomacy and focuses on its practical application by China in Africa in the 21st century, quantitatively and qualitatively analyzing the websites and account pages of Chinese embassies in Africa on Facebook and Twitter social networks. We used a quantitative method of analyzing social networks by calculating the level of audience engagement and other indicators (the number of reposts, likes, publications), a qualitative method of categorizing strategic narratives by 3 types (international system, national, problem-oriented). A detailed study of the accounts of embassies in 5 countries (South Africa, Congo, Burkina Faso, Tunisia, Tanzania) on Facebook revealed the quantitative leadership of the Embassy in South Africa in terms of the number of publications, the qualitative superiority of the account of the Embassy in the Congo in terms of audience engagement and the largest number of likes and reposts in Tunisia. The account in South Africa is the most active in terms of publications within the sample, but users reacted more actively to the news of the Chinese embassies in Tunisia and the Congo. Most of the publications are positively colored, most of the most popular posts were about the pandemic, assistance from the PRC, cultural events and diplomatic meetings. The most common type of narrative in embassy accounts turned out to be problem-oriented, emphasizing the participants' solution of specific tasks and issues.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Китаи</kwd><kwd>Африка</kwd><kwd>цифровая дипломатия</kwd><kwd>китайско-африканские отношения</kwd><kwd>социальные сети</kwd><kwd>мягкая сила</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>China</kwd><kwd>Africa</kwd><kwd>digital diplomacy</kwd><kwd>Sino-African relations</kwd><kwd>social networks</kwd><kwd>soft power</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="ru">Публикация подготовлена в ходе проведения исследования (№ 21-04-013) в рамках Программы «Научный фонд Национального исследовательского университета «Высшая школа экономики» (НИУ ВШЭ)» в 2022 г.</funding-statement><funding-statement xml:lang="en">The publication was prepared in the course of a study (No. 21-04-013) within the framework of the Program "Scientific Foundation of the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University)" in 2022</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Политика Китая по Африке (полный текст)) (中国对非洲政策文件（全文)). 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