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Elections and TV News in South Africa

Author : Bernadine Jones

Publisher : Springer Nature

Page : 265 pages

File Size : 48,37 MB

Release : 2021-08-02

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 3030717925

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Book Description

This book takes television news seriously. Over the course of nine chapters, Elections and TV News in South Africa shows how six democratic South African general elections, 1994–2019, were represented on both local and international news broadcasts. It reveals the shifting narratives about South African democracy, coupled with changing and challenging political journalism practices. The book is organised in three parts: the first contains a history of South African democracy and an overview of the South African media environment. The second part is a visual analysis of the South African elections on television news, exploring portrayals of violence, security, power, and populism, and how these fit into normative news values and the ruling party’s tightening grip on the media. The final part is a conclusion, a call to action, and a suggestion to improve political journalistic practice.



Digital Technologies, Elections and Campaigns in Africa

Author : Duncan Omanga

Publisher : Taylor & Francis

Page : 277 pages

File Size : 16,52 MB

Release : 2023-11-15

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 1003801560

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This book looks at how digital technologies are revolutionizing electoral campaigns and democratization struggles in Africa. Digital technologies are giving voice and civic agency to a cross section of African voters, providing important spaces for political engagement and debate. Drawing on cases from Kenya, Uganda, Mozambique, Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Zimbabwe amongst others, this book traces the shifts and tensions in this changing electoral communications landscape. In doing so, the book explores themes such as hate speech and disinformation, decolonisation, surveillance, internet shutdowns, influencers, bots, algorithms, and election observation, and looks beyond Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and YouTube to the increasingly important role of visual platforms such as Instagram and TikTok. Particularly highlighting the contribution of African scholars, this book is an important guide for researchers across the fields of African politics, media studies, and electoral studies, as well as to professionals and policymakers in political communication.



Electoral Politics in South Africa

Author : J. Piombo

Publisher : Springer

Page : 304 pages

File Size : 46,72 MB

Release : 2005-12-09

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 1403978867

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Ten years into the 'new' South Africa, how does democracy function? This volume provides a retrospective on a decade of elections and democracy in South Africa. The book analyzes the evolution of the party system and electoral campaigns; tracks changes in public opinion and voter motivations; assesses the political implications of socioeconomic change; depicts the evolution of parliament and the electoral system; probes the often-tense relationship between media and government; analyzes the institutionalization the Independent Electoral Commission; and, finally, argues that South Africa is witnessing a 'normalization' of politics. The book speaks to a broad range of topics, all linked through the electoral theme, which get to the heart of many issues in contemporary South African politics.



Democracy in Africa

Author : Nic Cheeseman

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 269 pages

File Size : 30,62 MB

Release : 2015-05-12

Category : History

ISBN : 1316239489

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This book provides the first comprehensive overview of the history of democracy in Africa and explains why the continent's democratic experiments have so often failed, as well as how they could succeed. Nic Cheeseman grapples with some of the most important questions facing Africa and democracy today, including whether international actors should try and promote democracy abroad, how to design political systems that manage ethnic diversity, and why democratic governments often make bad policy decisions. Beginning in the colonial period with the introduction of multi-party elections and ending in 2013 with the collapse of democracy in Mali and South Sudan, the book describes the rise of authoritarian states in the 1970s; the attempts of trade unions and some religious groups to check the abuse of power in the 1980s; the remarkable return of multiparty politics in the 1990s; and finally, the tragic tendency for elections to exacerbate corruption and violence.



The Handbook of Election News Coverage Around the World

Author : Jesper Strömbäck

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 720 pages

File Size : 11,16 MB

Release : 2009-09-10

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 1135703442

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The Handbook of Election Coverage Around the World focuses on the news coverage of national elections in democracies around the globe. It brings together and compares election news coverage within a single framework, offering a systematic consideration of various factors. Considering the prominence and power of the press in the election process, this volume will offer unique breadth in its global consideration of the topic. The volume will appeal to scholars in political communication, political science, mass media and society, and others studying elections and media coverage around the world.



Broadcasting the End of Apartheid

Author : Martha Evans

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 330 pages

File Size : 19,88 MB

Release : 2014-07-15

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 0857735837

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South Africa came late to television; when it finally arrived in the late 1970s the rest of the world had already begun to boycott the country because of apartheid. While the ruling National Party feared the integrative effects of television, they did not foresee how exclusion from globally unifying broadcasts would gradually erode their power. South Africa was barred from participating in some of television's greatest global attractions (including sporting events such as the Olympics and contests such as Miss World). With the release of Nelson Mandela from prison came a proliferation of large-scale live broadcasts as the country was permitted to return to international competition, and its re-admittance was played out on television screens across the world. These events were pivotal in shaping and consolidating the country's emerging post-apartheid national identity. Broadcasting the End of Apartheid assesses the socio-political effects of live broadcasting on South Africa's transition to democracy. Martha Evans argues that just as print media had a powerful influence on the development of Afrikaner nationalism, so the 'liveness' of television helped to consolidate the post-apartheid South African national identity.



Routledge Handbook of Political Management

Author : Dennis W. Johnson

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 653 pages

File Size : 15,43 MB

Release : 2010-03-17

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 1135897492

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A comprehensive overview of the field of applied politics, encompassing political consulting, campaigns and elections, lobbying and advocacy, grass roots politics, fundraising, media and political communications, the role of the parties, political leadership, and the ethical dimensions of public life.



TV News 3.0

Author : Zafar Siddiqi

Publisher : Blue Magpie Books

Page : 310 pages

File Size : 38,59 MB

Release : 2019-09-26

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 1912937069

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The future of television news is now. Are you ready for it? Television news - which has played a crucial role in the world’s most momentous events, from wars and royal weddings to mankind’s first steps on the Moon - is in the midst of a digital-fuelled revolution. In its early years, TV news was monopolised by large corporations and state broadcasters, who controlled what went on air and when. Then technological advances in the 1980s enabled billionaires like Ted Turner and Rupert Murdoch to muscle in and beam 24-hour news channels across the world via cable and satellite. Today, we are living through a third, turbulent iteration: streaming over the internet is radically changing how television is produced, watched and delivered. It has so dramatically lowered the costs of entry into what was once the exclusive domain of governments, multinationals and tycoons that almost anyone can now set up their own global news channel. But in such a fragmented world, awash with “fake news”, who and what can we trust? In this stimulating and authoritative study, Zafar Siddiqi - who has launched and run four news channels across three continents - discusses the profound implications of this new era. Aimed at entrepreneurs, media students, industry insiders and anyone interested in TV news and its effect on humankind, it serves as a step-by-step guide for launching a news channel in the digital age. They say that revolutions do not come with a manual. This one does.



Election '99 South Africa

Author : Andrew Reynolds

Publisher : New Africa Books

Page : 244 pages

File Size : 26,25 MB

Release : 1999

Category : History

ISBN : 9780864864055

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Book Description

Few states in Africa have been able to move as successfully from a first to a second multi-party competitive election. Election '99 examines the first five years of democratic government, the parties election campaigns, the results and the future.



Local Elections in South Africa

Author : Susan Booysen

Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA

Page : 388 pages

File Size : 35,51 MB

Release : 2012-05-01

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 0987009656

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Book Description

The book?s collection of research and analyses aims to close a substantial gap in systematic analyses of local politics, elections and government in South Africa. This book?s 20 authors represent the perspectives of many of South Africa?s most accomplished scholars. The collective project sheds valuable light on ?the local, the heart of politics in South Africa?.