Elections and TV News in South Africa

Desperately Seeking Depth

Bernadine Jones (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XXXII, 244 Seiten

2021 | 1st ed. 2021
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-71791-9 (ISBN)

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This book takes television news seriously. Over the course of nine chapters, Elections and TV News in South Africa shows how six democratic South African general elections, 1994-2019, were represented on both local and international news broadcasts. It reveals the shifting narratives about South African democracy, coupled with changing and challenging political journalism practices. The book is organised in three parts: the first contains a history of South African democracy and an overview of the South African media environment. The second part is a visual analysis of the South African elections on television news, exploring portrayals of violence, security, power, and populism, and how these fit into normative news values and the ruling party's tightening grip on the media. The final part is a conclusion, a call to action, and a suggestion to improve political journalistic practice.

Bernadine Jones is Lecturer in journalism at the University of Stirling, UK. She was the Next Generation in Social Science Fellow at the University of Cape Town where she completed her PhD, and has published on visual analysis methodology, African representation in news, and political journalism during elections. She is proudly South African.

Chapter 1. Contextualising Election Reporting.- Chapter 2. Political Parties Over 25 Years.- Chapter 3. Story of South Africa's Democracy, 1994-2019.- Chapter 4. South Africa's TV News Landscape.- Chapter 5. News Values and Frames of Elections.- Chapter 6. The ANC Has No Clothes.- Chapter 7. Power and Populism.- Chapter 8. Visuals and Violence. Chapter 9. Desperately Seeking Depth./

Erscheinungsdatum	04.08.2021
Zusatzinfo	XXXII, 244 p.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	458 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Wirtschaft
Schlagworte	mediatisation • political communication • post-colonial democracy • south african democracy • South African elections • TV news
ISBN-10	3-030-71791-7 / 3030717917
ISBN-13	978-3-030-71791-9 / 9783030717919
Zustand	Neuware