Franz Krüger
Biographic Data
| ID | 4900031 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Franz Krüger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Franz |
| FAMILY NAME | Krüger |
| SIGNATURE | KRÜGER F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Witwatersrand |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9353-4324 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1924 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
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Sustainability is a key issue for local and community media in the Global South as well as the Global North, albeit in different ways. After identifying significant gaps in the sustainability literature, the article presents and discusses a taxonomy of ‘models’ – the relationships that arise around different dominant sources of revenue: commercial, patronage, state, donor and community. Although the models operate in all contexts, particular dyna…
Public Support for Local and Community Media in Three Countries
In the discussion of possible solutions to the business crisis facing legacy media, insufficient attention has been paid to existing arrangements that channel public money to media serving marginalised audiences, particularly in Global South countries. Argentina and South Africa are upper middle-income, often turbulent countries that have set up official mechanisms to help fund local and community media. They are here compared with Norway, where …
What should journalism do in a new democracy
The particular circumstances of new democracies invite reconsideration of normative ideas of the role of journalism. The model of communication developed by Habermas posits that various rules are built into the nature of communication, including norms of inclusivity, openness and non-coercion. Based on this approach, the role of journalism can be defined in relation to notions of civic discourse in the public sphere. This article describes the ro…
Discourse ethics and the media
The theoretical framework of discourse ethics, as developed chiefly by Jürgen Habermas, has significant capacity to contribute to debates around media ethics. By rooting themselves in what are seen as fundamentals of human communication, discourse ethics establish a procedural, social account of ethics which can account for both universal proto-norms and historic and culturally contingent variations. This article explores the approach's fundament…
A Tale of Two Deaths
Reporting of two prominent AIDS-related deaths in South Africa in the early 2000s, at a time of intense public controversy about official policy on HIV, provides an illustration of how ethical norms in journalism may shift over time. The media’s coverage of the first death drew strong criticism and debate on ethical grounds, specifically about the balance between privacy and the public interest; truth and evidence; and the limits of advocacy. The…
News broadcasting on South African community radio
The South African community station movement, consisting now of around 100 such stations, situates itself explicitly in the international tradition of alternative, grassroots and (in some cases) radical media. The stations aspire – and are mandated to – cater for poor and marginalised communities, often left out of the information mainstream. Created as part of the democratisation process of the mid-1990s, the establishment of the sector represen…
Ethical journalism in a time of Aids
The media's role in fighting the AIDS pandemic has come under scrutiny due to the scale of the pandemic, the breadth of its impact and the accompanying stigma and denial. There have been calls for the mobilisation of the media in general, and journalists in particular, in spreading public health messages. Various studies have criticised the representation of the issue in the media. This paper addresses the question of how journalists should cover…
Das Gräberfeld von Dehnsen
What should journalism do in a new democracy
The particular circumstances of new democracies invite reconsideration of normative ideas of the role of journalism. The model of communication developed by Habermas posits that various rules are built into the nature of communication, including norms of inclusivity, openness and non-coercion. Based on this approach, the role of journalism can be defined in relation to notions of civic discourse in the public sphere. This article describes the ro…
Das Gräberfeld von Dehnsen
Ethical journalism in a time of Aids
The media's role in fighting the AIDS pandemic has come under scrutiny due to the scale of the pandemic, the breadth of its impact and the accompanying stigma and denial. There have been calls for the mobilisation of the media in general, and journalists in particular, in spreading public health messages. Various studies have criticised the representation of the issue in the media. This paper addresses the question of how journalists should cover…
News broadcasting on South African community radio
The South African community station movement, consisting now of around 100 such stations, situates itself explicitly in the international tradition of alternative, grassroots and (in some cases) radical media. The stations aspire – and are mandated to – cater for poor and marginalised communities, often left out of the information mainstream. Created as part of the democratisation process of the mid-1990s, the establishment of the sector represen…
Discourse ethics and the media
The theoretical framework of discourse ethics, as developed chiefly by Jürgen Habermas, has significant capacity to contribute to debates around media ethics. By rooting themselves in what are seen as fundamentals of human communication, discourse ethics establish a procedural, social account of ethics which can account for both universal proto-norms and historic and culturally contingent variations. This article explores the approach's fundament…
A Tale of Two Deaths
Reporting of two prominent AIDS-related deaths in South Africa in the early 2000s, at a time of intense public controversy about official policy on HIV, provides an illustration of how ethical norms in journalism may shift over time. The media’s coverage of the first death drew strong criticism and debate on ethical grounds, specifically about the balance between privacy and the public interest; truth and evidence; and the limits of advocacy. The…
What should journalism do in a new democracy
The particular circumstances of new democracies invite reconsideration of normative ideas of the role of journalism. The model of communication developed by Habermas posits that various rules are built into the nature of communication, including norms of inclusivity, openness and non-coercion. Based on this approach, the role of journalism can be defined in relation to notions of civic discourse in the public sphere. This article describes the ro…
Strings attached
Sustainability is a key issue for local and community media in the Global South as well as the Global North, albeit in different ways. After identifying significant gaps in the sustainability literature, the article presents and discusses a taxonomy of ‘models’ – the relationships that arise around different dominant sources of revenue: commercial, patronage, state, donor and community. Although the models operate in all contexts, particular dyna…
Public Support for Local and Community Media in Three Countries
In the discussion of possible solutions to the business crisis facing legacy media, insufficient attention has been paid to existing arrangements that channel public money to media serving marginalised audiences, particularly in Global South countries. Argentina and South Africa are upper middle-income, often turbulent countries that have set up official mechanisms to help fund local and community media. They are here compared with Norway, where …
Political science (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Media Studies and Communication (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Journalism (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Discourse ethics (3 works) · Media ethics (3 works)