The Black Press in South Africa and Lesotho
Author: Les Switzer
Publisher: Hall Reference Books
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 334
ISBN-13:
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African Print Cultures
Author: African Print Cultures Network. Meeting
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2016-09-15
Total Pages: 461
ISBN-13: 0472053175
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBroad-ranging essays on the social, political, and cultural significance of more than a century's worth of newspaper publishing practices across the African continent
South Africa's Alternative Press
Author: Les Switzer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1997-02-13
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9780521553513
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCollection of essays on the South African alternative press from the 1880s to the 1960s.
The People’s Paper
Author: Peter Limb
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 2012-09-01
Total Pages: 711
ISBN-13: 1868148505
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis much-awaited volume uncovers the long-lost pages of the major African multilingual newspaper, Abantu-Batho. Founded in 1912 by African National Congress (ANC) convenor Pixley Seme, with assistance from the Swazi Queen, it was published up until 1931, attracting the cream of African politicians, journalists and poets Mqhayi, Nontsisi Mgqweth, and Grendon. In its pages burning issues of the day were articulated alongside cultural by-ways. The People's Paper - comprising both essays and an anthology - explores the complex movements and individuals that emerged in the almost twenty years of its publication. The essays contribute rich, new material to provide clearer insights into South African politics and intellectual life. The anthology unveils a judicious selection of never-before published columns from the paper spanning every year of its life and drawn from repositories on three continents. Abantu-Batho had a regional and international focus, and by examining all these dynamics across boundaries and disciplines, The People's Paper transcends established historiographical frontiers to fill a lacuna that scholars have long lamented.
South Africa and the International Media, 1972-1979
Author: James Sanders
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012-10-12
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 1136327274
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book studies the Anglo-American media's representation of South Africa in the 1970s - the international media is shown to have been under continuous pressure from both the South African Dept of Information and the anti-apartheid movement.
Tabloid Journalism in South Africa
Author: Herman Wasserman
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2010-05-31
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 0253004292
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLess 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.
Morning in South Africa
Author: John Campbell
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2016-05-12
Total Pages: 245
ISBN-13: 1442265906
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis incisive, deeply informed book introduces post-apartheid South Africa to an international audience. South Africa has a history of racism and white supremacy. This crushing historical burden continues to resonate today. Under President Jacob Zuma, South Africa is treading water. Nevertheless, despite calls to undermine the 1994 political settlement characterized by human rights guarantees and the rule of law, distinguished diplomat John Campbell argues that the country’s future is bright and that its democratic institutions will weather its current lackluster governance. The book opens with an overview to orient readers to South Africa’s historical inheritance. A look back at the presidential inaugurations of Nelson Mandela and Jacob Zuma and Mandela’s funeral illustrates some of the ways South Africa has indeed changed since 1994. Reviewing current demographic trends, Campbell highlights the persistent consequences of apartheid. He goes on to consider education, health, and current political developments, including land reform, with an eye on how South Africa’s democracy is responding to associated thorny challenges. The book ends with an assessment of why prospects are currently poor for closer South African ties with the West. Campbell concludes, though, that South Africa’s democracy has been surprisingly adaptable, and that despite intractable problems, the black majority are no longer strangers in their own country.
Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media
Author: John D. H. Downing
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 633
ISBN-13: 0761926887
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe entries are designed to be relatively brief with clear, accessible, and current information.
South Africa's Emergent Middle Class
Author: Grace Khunou
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-10-02
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 1317336763
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is drawn from diverse studies that grapple with Black Middle Class experiences in contemporary and historical South Africa. The chapters present research from diverse disciplines, and tackle issues related to being black and middle class, using both quantitative and qualitative approaches. Like many other social phenomena, the black middle class concept is seen as complex and not easy to pin down. As a result, conceptualizations from these chapters are dynamic and relevant for understanding the position of the black middle class in contemporary South African society. An interesting dynamic explored by contributors is the critical engagement with the usually reductionist notions of black middle class experiences as ahistorical, homogenous experiences of a group of conspicuous consumers. These limiting notions are unpacked and repositioned in how the book is structured. This book was published as a special issue of Development Southern Africa.
Private Print Media, the State and Politics in Colonial and Post-Colonial Zimbabwe
Author: Sylvester Dombo
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2017-10-14
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13: 3319618903
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines the role played by two popular private newspapers in the struggle for democracy in Zimbabwe, one case from colonial Rhodesia and the other from the post-colonial era. It argues that, operating under oppressive political regimes and in the dearth of credible opposition political parties or as a platform for opposition political parties, the African Daily News, between 1956-1964, and the Daily News, between 1999-2003, played an essential role in opening up spaces for political freedom in the country. Both newspapers were ultimately shut down by the respective government of the time. The newspapers allowed reading publics the opportunity to participate in politics by providing a daily analytical alternative, to that offered by the government and the state media, in relation to the respective political crises that unfolded in each of these periods. The book further examines both the information policies pursued by the different governments and the way these affected the functioning of private media in their quest to provide an "ideal" public sphere. It explores issues of ownership, funding and editorial policies in reference to each case and how these affected the production of news and issue coverage. It considers issues of class and geography in shaping public response. It also focuses on state reactions to the activities of these newspapers and how these, in turn, affected the activities of private media actors. Finally, it considers the cases together to consider the meanings of the closing down of these newspapers during the two eras under discussion and contributes to the debates about print media vis-à-vis the new forms of media that have come to the fore.
