Research Catalog

Title

Media, geopolitics, and power : a view from the Global South / Herman Wasserman.

Author

Wasserman, Herman, 1969-

Publication

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2018]

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Details

Description

xi, 217 pages; 23 cm

Series Statement

Geopolitics of information

Uniform Title

Geopolitics of information.

Subject

• Mass media > Social aspects > South Africa
• Mass media > Political aspects > South Africa
• Mass media and globalization
• Mass media > Political aspects
• Mass media > Social aspects
• Massenmedien
• Politische Kommunikation
• South Africa

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-209) and index.

Contents

Introduction -- Transitions -- From apartheid to a new democracy : areas of shift -- "This time for Africa"? Global media studies and the view from the South -- A changing media culture : professional ideologies between past and present -- Local contestations -- Is this freedom? Media ethics, "African culture," and universal values -- Global genres and local context : what controversies around tabloidization tell us about South African media and society -- Rethinking global and local : South African perspectives on the "future of journalism" -- Global shifts -- BRICs and beyond : mediating new geopolitical relationships -- New pressures and opportunities : technology, geopolitics, and social change -- Conclusion.

Call Number

JFE 18-1034

ISBN

• 9780252083266
• 0252083261
• 9780252041624
• 0252041623

LCCN

2017039630

OCLC

1002722457

Author

Wasserman, Herman, 1969- author.

Title

Media, geopolitics, and power : a view from the Global South / Herman Wasserman.

Publisher

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2018]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Geopolitics of information

Geopolitics of information.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-209) and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 18-1034