Book Description
"A much needed media history and political and social assessment of a genre that is currently very much the subject of conjecture."---Sean Jacobs, University of Michigan --
Author : Herman Wasserman
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 45,41 MB
Release : 2010-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 0253222117
"A much needed media history and political and social assessment of a genre that is currently very much the subject of conjecture."---Sean Jacobs, University of Michigan --
Author : Brian Chama
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 39,26 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9783319417370
This book provides a timely and important summary of tabloid journalism in Africa, which clearly shows how tabloids in the African context play a unique role in the democratization process. Prior to this book, very little was known about how tabloid journalists operate in Africa. The book first explores the global practice of journalism and then focuses on tabloid journalism - finally situating the discussion within the African context. As well as concentrating on how tabloid journalism can be seen as part of the broader neo-liberal thinking in Africa, in which democracy and freedom of expression is promoted, it also looks at how tabloid journalism practice has been met with resistance from the alliance of forces. Chama draws on examples from across the continent looking at success stories and struggles within the sometime infotainment genre. Tabloid Journalism in Africa concludes that even though challenges exist, there is a strong case to suggest that the practice of tabloid journalism is being readily accepted by many people as part of the unique voices of democracy - even those which might be shocking yet true.
Author : Herman Wasserman
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 22,28 MB
Release : 2010-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 0253004292
Less than a decade after the advent of democracy in South Africa, tabloid newspapers have taken the country by storm. One of these papers -- the Daily Sun -- is now the largest in the country, but it has generated controversy for its perceived lack of respect for privacy, brazen sexual content, and unrestrained truth-stretching. Herman Wasserman examines the success of tabloid journalism in South Africa at a time when global print media are in decline. He considers the social significance of the tabloids and how they play a role in integrating readers and their daily struggles with the political and social sphere of the new democracy. Wasserman shows how these papers have found an important niche in popular and civic culture largely ignored by the mainstream media and formal political channels.
Author : Brian Chama
Publisher : Springer
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 26,15 MB
Release : 2017-04-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 3319417363
This book provides a timely and important summary of tabloid journalism in Africa, which clearly shows how tabloids in the African context play a unique role in the democratization process. Prior to this book, very little was known about how tabloid journalists operate in Africa. The book first explores the global practice of journalism and then focuses on tabloid journalism – finally situating the discussion within the African context. As well as concentrating on how tabloid journalism can be seen as part of the broader neo-liberal thinking in Africa, in which democracy and freedom of expression is promoted, it also looks at how tabloid journalism practice has been met with resistance from the alliance of forces. Chama draws on examples from across the continent looking at success stories and struggles within the sometime infotainment genre. Tabloid Journalism in Africa concludes that even though challenges exist, there is a strong case to suggest that the practice of tabloid journalism is being readily accepted by many people as part of the unique voices of democracy – even those which might be shocking yet true.
Author : Herman Wasserman
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 37,59 MB
Release : 2018-03-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0252050282
The end of apartheid brought South Africa into the global media environment. Outside companies invested in the nation's newspapers while South African conglomerates pursued lucrative tech ventures and communication markets around the world. Many observers viewed the rapid development of South African media as a roadmap from authoritarianism to global modernity. Herman Wasserman analyzes the debates surrounding South Africa's new media presence against the backdrop of rapidly changing geopolitics. His exploration reveals how South African disputes regarding access to, and representation in, the media reflect the domination and inequality in the global communication sphere. Optimists see post-apartheid media as providing a vital space that encourages exchanges of opinion in a young democracy. Critics argue the public sphere mirrors South Africa's past divisions and privileges the viewpoints of the elite. Wasserman delves into the ways these simplistic narratives obscure the country's internal tensions, conflicts, and paradoxes even as he charts the diverse nature of South African entry into the global arena.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 33,42 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Journalism
ISBN :
Author : Desiray Viney
Publisher :
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 30,25 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Daily Sun (Newspaper)
ISBN :
Author : Colleen Lowe Morna
Publisher :
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 15,71 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Gender identity
ISBN :
Author : Herman Wasserman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 17,25 MB
Release : 2010-10-04
Category : History
ISBN : 1136911618
This book examines the role that popular media could play to encourage political debate, provide information for development, or critique the very definitions of ‘democracy’ and ‘development’.
Author : Desiray Viney
Publisher : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 41,25 MB
Release : 2011-09
Category : Journalism
ISBN : 9783845478661
Investigates the role of the tabloid newspaper, Daily Sun, in contemporary South Africa by exploring the meanings that readers of the newspaper appropriate through their engagement with it and the uses to which they put these meanings. Using qualitative data, collected through focus group discussions and individual in-depth interviews conducted with township dwellers, workers and the unemployed with low English proficiency, reveals that the Daily Sun plays a positive role in the lives of its readers and that this role can best be understood through a combination of perspectives that incorporate the concept of multiple public spheres, culture as development and a revision of the traditional tabloid debate.