Tabloid journalism in South Africa
Subtitle: true story!
By: Herman Wasserman.
Series: African expressive cultures
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780253354921; 9780253222114
Subjects: Tabloid newspapers -- South Africa; Sensationalism in journalism -- South Africa; Journalism -- Social aspects -- South Africa
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Shock! Horror! Scandal! The tabloid controversy and journalism studies in post-apartheid South Africa; title: Attack of the killer newspapers! Tabloids arrive in South Africa; title: Black and white and read all over : tabloids and the glocalization of popular media; title: Not really newspapers : tabloids and the South African journalistic paradigm; title: The revolution will be printed : tabloids, citizenship, and democratic politics in post-apartheid South Africa; title: Truth or trash? Understanding tabloid journalism and lived experience; title: Often they cry with the people : the professional identities of tabloid journalists.