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                            MEDIA, GEOPOLITICS, AND POWER
A view from the Global South
H WASSERMAN
“One of the most powerful articulations from the Global South, urging media professionals and scholars to rethink and recontextualize global journalism.”-- Anbin Shi, Tsinghua University
Herman Wasserman analyses 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 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 that 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 Africa’s entry into the global arena.
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220 PAGES
ZAR R300.00
       Media Studies: Volume 1
Media history, media and society
PJ FOURIE (EDITOR)
VOLUME
1
MEDIA STUDIES
Media History, Media and Society
VOLUME
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     Media Studies: Volume 1 encompasses the systematic, critical and analytical study • The functions and effects of the media in society
generators and disseminators of meaning in contemporary society. It investigates
who owns the media, who produces the media, media content and the users of the
Volume 3 Media Content and Audiences media. It also investigates the power relationships between the media and politics,
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culture, economy, society, and above all, the relationship between the media and
democracy.
CONTENTS
• A history of the South African media
• The media in Africa
• Approaches to the study of mass
communication
• The role and functions of the media
in society
• The effects of mass communication
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
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• Media culture
• The ideological power of the media • The public sphere in contemporary
society
• Globalisation, information
communication, technology and the media
ZAR R552.00
ZAR R515.00
This is the first volume in the four-part textbook series in Media Studies. This up-to-date, comprehensive, user friendly and accessible series has been written by key thinkers in Media Studies locally and from abroad.
Media Studies encompasses the systematic, critical and analytical study of the media, in all its forms, and sees the media as one of the most important generators and disseminators of meaning in contemporary society. Media Studies investigates who owns the media, who produces the media, media content and the users of the media. It investigates the power relationships between the media and politics, culture, economy, society, and above all, the relationship between the media and democracy.
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• Media culture/media and culture
• The ideological power of the media
• The media as public sphere in contemporary society
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• A history of the South African media
• A macro history of the media in Africa
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                 The book has been written by senior scholars in Media and Communication Studies at leading South African universities. The editor of the book and series, Professor Pieter J Fourie, is a doyen of Media Studies in South Africa, emeritus professor in Communication Science at the University of South Africa, and Lifelong Fellow of the South African Communication Association.
SUITABLE FOR
Undergraduate and postgraduate students of Media Studies at universities and universities of technology.
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