Picture This, Power Politics In International Aid: A Visual Content Analysis Of The 2014 Ebola Epidemic In West Africa, Dataset

Literature on framing of the African continent is rich, however, similar framing literature on international actors in Africa is significantly under explored. This study investigated the visual frames through which Chinese, French, and U.S. newspapers engaged in nation branding by portraying international aid during the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Data from the <em>People’s Daily</em>, <em>Le Monde</em>, and <em>The New York Times</em> showed that while Western coverage was negatively toned on frames of medical aid and culture, Chinese coverage was more positively toned on frames of medical aid and the military. Such findings contribute to scholarly understandings of visual media framing as functions of political power struggles and nation branding.