Ownership and control in the South African print media

Black empowerment after apartheid, 1990–1997

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9342838
AutoresKeyan Tomaselli (0000-0002-2995-0726, Durban University of Technology, autor de correspondencia)
Año1997
Volumen18
Número1
Páginas67-68
Fecha de publicación1997-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEcquid Novi African Journalism Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0256-0054 • E-ISSN: 1942-0773
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02560054.1997.9653194
OpenAlexW1554957631
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas35
Referencias citadas15

This study attempts to offer a political economic framework through which to understand the complexity of media industry restructuring in terms of processes unleashed by the demise of apartheid between 1990 and early 1997. The article offers: analysis of the historical relations between apartheid language and the media discourses of opposing ideologies; brief discussion of oppositional discourses from black movements in relation to struggles between Afrikaner Nationalism and English liberalism; an historical materialist analysis of the shifts in media ownership and allegiance between the apartheid and post-apartheid eras; discussion of post-apartheid media trends in terms of the new lexicons of ‘nation-building’ and ‘empowerment’; and analysis of contested terrains in both the public sphere and political economy. The study concludes with some remarks on the political and economic significance of changes in ownership

Allegiance · Demise · Ideology · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public sphere · Restructuring · Sociology · African history and culture studies · Gender Studies · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Media, Communication, and Education