Tabloid journalism in South Africa - Brossura

Wasserman, Herman

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1919895434 ISBN 13: 9781919895437

Casa editrice: University of Cape Town Press, 2010

Riassunto

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. The author 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.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: University of Cape Town Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1919895434
• ISBN 13: 9781919895437
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 232