The contradictions of broadcasting reform in post‐apartheid South Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7500382 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Clive Barnett (0000-0002-1291-1421, The Ohio State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 78 |
| Publication date | 1998-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of African Political Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-6244 • E-ISSN: 1740-1720 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03056249808704343 |
| OpenAlex | W1984139978 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 19 |
This article examines the process of mass media reform in South Africa during the 1990s, with particular reference to broadcasting. It identifies tensions between the attempt to restructure broadcasting as a public sphere capable of supporting national unification and democratisation, the existence of socioeconomic differentiation and cultural diversity at sub‐national scales and the pressures which impinge upon the broadcasting sector as a result of policies aimed at internationalising the South African economy. The formulation of broadcasting policy between 1990 and 1995 is reviewed, and the changes that have taken place during the implementation of restructuring and re‐regulation from 1996 to 1998 are critically assessed. The article concludes that the intensified commercialisation of broadcasting is at odds with political objectives of transforming the mass media into a public sphere supportive of a diverse and independent civil society
Broadcasting (networking · Civil society · Democracy · Democratization · Diversity (politics · Mass media · Odds · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public broadcasting · Public sphere · Restructuring · Sociology · Law · Media Studies and Communication
Media and the Public Sphere
Culture, Communication and National Identity
Spaces of Identity
Trade unions & the ANC in the ‘New’ South Africa
For fear of being condemned as old fashioned’
The Public Broadcaster and Democracy in Transformation
Telecommunications policy in the new South Africa
Development, conflict and the politics of ethnicity in South Africa's transition to democracy
The Irony of Regulatory Reform
Globalization and the Myth of the Powerless State
Transforming television broadcasting in a democratic South Africa
South Africa
The New South Africa
Politics and Economics in Anc Economic Policy
Competing Economic Ideologies in South Africa's Economic Debate
South Africa
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,24 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2015 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |