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Tabloid Journalism in South Africa: True Story!
Herman Wasserman
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Description for Tabloid Journalism in South Africa: True Story!
Paperback. Tabloids hotly debated in South Africa Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1HFM; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
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. 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 ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
African Expressive Cultures
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253222114
SKU
V9780253222114
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About Herman Wasserman
Herman Wasserman is Professor in Journalism and Media/Cultural Studies at Rhodes University in South Africa. He is co-editor of At the End of the Rainbow: Power, Politics, and Identity in the Post-Apartheid South African Media and editor of Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies.
Reviews for Tabloid Journalism in South Africa: True Story!
Wasserman's engagement with tabloid journalism in South Africa is comprehensive and critical, at all times attentive to detail and provides sound research and well-rounded critical inquiary into the recent rise of tabloids within the post-apartheid media sphere. Anyone who reads this book will be compelled to take South African tabloids seriously, and will be urged to consider the important socio-semiotic ... Read more