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Power, Politics and Identity in South African Media

By Herman Wasserman , Eric Louw , Adrian Hadland , Simphiwe Sesanti

Book information

Publisher
Human Sciences Research Council
Year
2008
ISBN
0796922020, 9780796922021
LCC
P96.I34 P694 2008
Open Library ID
OL11202171M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4538238 bytes)
Pages
416\416
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

This collection explores the often-overlooked role of media in the shaping of identity and culture in postapartheid South Africa. Interrogating contemporary theory, these essays shed new light on how identities are constructed through the media and provide case studies that illustrate the complex process of identity renegotiation taking place in postapartheid South Africa, giving fresh focus to topics that scholarship has overlooked—such as the pervasive impact of tabloid newspapers. The contributors include both established scholars and new voices, all of whom represent some of South Africa's finest media analysts grappling with one of the country's most vexing issues—who are we?

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