Blessed Ngwenya

Media Power and Hegemony in South Africa

The Myth of Independence

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores how meanings of â independenceâ are constructed and reconfigured by public service broadcasters in the global south, and focuses on the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). It is critical reading for scholars and researchers of African media, culture, communication and epistemic freedom.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Explorations in Development Studies
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 156
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 159mm x 241mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 398g
• ISBN-13: 9780367489892
• ISBN-10: 0367489899
• Artikelnr.: 60020479

Autorenporträt

Blessed Ngwenya is Senior Lecturer in Communication Science at the University of South Africa (UNISA). Ngwenya holds a DPhil in Socio-Legal Studies from the University of Oxford. His research examines power, identity, and knowledge from a decolonial perspective.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Thought, Word and Deed 2. Foundations of Public Service
Broadcasting (PSB) in South Africa 3. The Early Transition of the SABC From
State Broadcaster to Post-Apartheid Broadcaster 4. Citizen and Consumer 5.
The ANC and the Hazards of Neo-Liberal Midwifery 6. Controversies and
Challenges to Contemporary Broadcasting 7. SABC 'Independence' Conceptions
and Dilemmas of Universality