| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 218 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
African expressive cultures |
|
African expressive cultures.
|
| Contents |
Shock! Horror! Scandal! The tabloid controversy and journalism studies in post-apartheid South Africa -- Attack of the killer newspapers! Tabloids arrive in South Africa -- Black and white and read all over : tabloids and the glocalization of popular media -- Not really newspapers : tabloids and the South African journalistic paradigm -- The revolution will be printed : tabloids, citizenship, and democratic politics in post-apartheid South Africa -- Truth or trash? Understanding tabloid journalism and lived experience -- Often they cry with the people : the professional identities of tabloid journalists |
| Summary |
Less than a decade after the advent of democracy in South Africa, tabloid newspapers have taken the country by storm. One of these papers -- the Daily Sun -- is now the largest in the country, but it has generated controversy for its perceived lack of respect for privacy, brazen sexual content, and unrestrained truth-stretching. Herman Wasserman examines the success of tabloid journalism in South Africa at a time when global print media are in decline. He considers the social significance of the tabloids |
| Analysis |
Daily Sun (South Africa) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-208) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Tabloid newspapers -- South Africa
|
|
Sensationalism in journalism -- South Africa
|
|
Journalism -- Social aspects -- South Africa
|
|
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism.
|
|
Journalism -- Social aspects
|
|
Sensationalism in journalism
|
|
Tabloid newspapers
|
|
South Africa
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| LC no. |
2009045608 |
| ISBN |
9780253004291 |
|
0253004292 |
|
1282663275 |
|
9781282663275 |
|
9786612663277 |
|
6612663278 |
|
