Media, Geopolitics, and Power: A View from the Global South (Geopolitics of Information) - Softcover

Buch 7 von 8: The Geopolitics of Information

Wasserman, Herman

 
9780252083266: Media, Geopolitics, and Power: A View from the Global South (Geopolitics of Information)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0252083261 ISBN 13: 9780252083266
Verlag: University of Illinois Press, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

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.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Herman Wasserman is a professor of media studies and director of the Centre for Film and Media Studies at the University of Cape Town. He is the author of Tabloid Journalism in South Africa: True Story!. He is editor of Taking It to the Streets: Popular Media, Democracy and Development in Africa and coeditor of Media Ethics Beyond Borders.

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Verlag
University of Illinois Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2018
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0252083261
ISBN 13 
9780252083266
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
236
Kontakt zum Hersteller
Mare Nostrum Group B.V.
gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk

Doelen 72
Breda
4831 GR
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