Media power and hegemony in South Africa : the myth of independence / Blessed Ngwenya.

"This book critically explores how meanings of 'independence' are constructed and reconfigured by public service broadcasters in the global south, with a particular focus on the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). Responding to the ideological trappings wrought by modernity...

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Main Author: Ngwenya, Blessed, 1980- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
Series:Routledge explorations in development studies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Thought, Word and Deed
  • Foundations of Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) in South Africa
  • The Early Transition of the SABC From State Broadcaster to Post-Apartheid Broadcaster: Global Designs Local Histories
  • Citizen and Consumer
  • The ANC and the Hazards of Neo-Liberal Midwifery: Implications for SABC Independence
  • Controversies and Challenges to Contemporary Broadcasting: A Possible Epistemic Dis-Obedience?
  • SABC 'Independence' Conceptions and Dilemmas of Universality: Whither SABC?