Women Climbing the Ladder
Experiences of Affirmative Action in South African Media
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7498680 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maria Zuiderveld (0009-0005-2234-0035, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2014-07-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Media Journal African Edition (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2073-2740 |
| Publisher | Iziko South African Museum (PUBLISHER • ZA) |
| DOI | 10.5789/8-1-155 |
| OpenAlex | W2071005023 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 8 |
The aim of this study is to examine what effect an extensive affirmative action programme has had on a group of black women in the South African media, and how they perceive how existing power structures affect their everyday experiences within their respective media companies. The empirical base is an interview study with eight black women who hold or held top editorial positions in South Africa. Drawing on Bourdieu’s field theory, the results suggest that there is an escape from journalism as other forms of symbolic capital have not managed to outweigh the negative capital of being a black woman in South African journalism
Action (physics · Affect (linguistics · Affirmative action · Art · Capital (architecture · Climbing · Empirical research · Epistemology · Geography · Journalism · Media studies · Political science · Power (physics · Sociology · Visual arts · Anthropology · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Media Studies and Communication · Communication · Gender Studies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2021 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |