Tawana Kupe
Biographic Data
| ID | 4052540 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tawana Kupe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tawana |
| FAMILY NAME | Kupe |
| SIGNATURE | KUPE T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Witwatersrand |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4866-524X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Globalization from my African corner
Go Home or Die Here
xenophobic attacks that started in Alexandra, Johannesburg in May 2008 before quickly spreading around the country caused an outcry across the world and raised many fundamental questions: Of what profound social malaise is xenophobia - and the violence that it inspires - a symptom? Have our economic and political choices created new forms of exclusion that fuel anger and distrust? What consequences does the emergence of xenophobia hold for the id…
An agenda for researching African media and communication contexts
The last two decades have witnessed major changes that are ongoing in media systems and structures in all of Africa, including South Africa. In South Africa, these changes are referred to as media transformation, whereas in the rest of the continent they are referred to as media reform. The transformation of the media or media reform also coincides with global media transformations or media reforms. These reforms have been ongoing since the 1980s…
Media policies for democratising and developing countries
The democratisation, development and globalisation of the late 1990s created the need for appropriate media policies in Southern Africa
The meanings of music
New forms of cultural identity in an African society
The article argues that it is hard to see that media development so far has contributed neither to economic development or to political liberation in African states. The media situation and the literacy problems is connected to social differences and tensions between elite vs. local populations and the urban culture vs. the village. Media transmits stereotypes of modernity and urban life that are conflicting with rural and traditional cultural id…
New forms of cultural identity in an African society
The article argues that it is hard to see that media development so far has contributed neither to economic development or to political liberation in African states. The media situation and the literacy problems is connected to social differences and tensions between elite vs. local populations and the urban culture vs. the village. Media transmits stereotypes of modernity and urban life that are conflicting with rural and traditional cultural id…
The meanings of music
An agenda for researching African media and communication contexts
The last two decades have witnessed major changes that are ongoing in media systems and structures in all of Africa, including South Africa. In South Africa, these changes are referred to as media transformation, whereas in the rest of the continent they are referred to as media reform. The transformation of the media or media reform also coincides with global media transformations or media reforms. These reforms have been ongoing since the 1980s…
Media policies for democratising and developing countries
The democratisation, development and globalisation of the late 1990s created the need for appropriate media policies in Southern Africa
Go Home or Die Here
xenophobic attacks that started in Alexandra, Johannesburg in May 2008 before quickly spreading around the country caused an outcry across the world and raised many fundamental questions: Of what profound social malaise is xenophobia - and the violence that it inspires - a symptom? Have our economic and political choices created new forms of exclusion that fuel anger and distrust? What consequences does the emergence of xenophobia hold for the id…
Globalization from my African corner
Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · African history and culture studies (3 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Media Studies and Communication (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works)