A review of the HSRC’s volume on SA Media
February 16, 2009 by frayintermedia
Filed under review
Power, Politics and Identity in South African Media
HSRC Press 2008, ISBN 9780796922021
Review by Michael Schmidt
Originally published in Focus #51, journal of the Helen Suzman Foundation
The rows centred on Jacob Zuma, the recent attacks on black lesbians, and this year’s antiforeigner murder spree have raised the crucial question of whether the media have stoked South Africans’ apparent reversion to antagonistic roles – [...]