Title: Power, politics and identity in South African media
Description: South Africa offers a rich context for the study of the interrelationship between the media and identity. The essays collected in this book explore the many diverse elements of this interconnection and give fresh focus to topics that scholarship has tended to overlook, such as the pervasive impact of tabloid newspapers. Interrogating contemporary theory, the authors shed new light on how identities are constructed through the media and provide case studies that illustrate the complex process of identity renegotiation taking place currently in post-apartheid South Africa. The contributors include established scholars as well as many new voices. Collectively, they represent some of South Africa's finest media analysts pooling skills to grapple with one of the country's most vexing issues: who are we?
Subjects: Identity (Psychology) and mass media, Group identity, Congresses, Mass media, Identity (Psychology), Mass media, south africa, Mass media, social aspects, Mass media and culture, South africa, civilization, Political aspects, Social aspects, Identity (psychology) and mass media--south africa--congresses, Mass media--political aspects, Mass media--political aspects--south africa--congresses, Mass media--social aspects, Mass media--social aspects--south africa--congresses, Identity (psychology)--south africa--congresses, Group identity--south africa--congresses, P96.i34 p694 2008, 302.230968