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Broadcasting Democracy Tanja Bosch

Broadcasting Democracy By Tanja Bosch

Broadcasting Democracy by Tanja Bosch


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Summary

Provides an exciting look into the diverse world of South African radio, exploring how various radio formats and stations play a role in constructing post-apartheid identities. At the centre of the book is the argument that various types of radio stations represent autonomous systems of cultural activity, and are consumed as such by listeners.

Broadcasting Democracy Summary

Broadcasting Democracy: Radio and Identity in South Africa by Tanja Bosch

The media play a key role in post-apartheid South Africa and is often positioned at the centre of debates around politics, identity and culture. Media, such as radio, are often said to also play a role in deepening democracy, while simultaneously holding the power to frame political events, shape public discourse and impact citizens perceptions of reality. Broadcasting Democracy: Radio and Identity in South Africa provides an exciting look into the diverse world of South African radio, exploring how various radio formats and stations play a role in constructing post-apartheid identities. At the centre of the book is the argument that various types of radio stations represent autonomous systems of cultural activity, and are consumed as such by listeners. In this sense, it argues that South African radio is broadcasting democracy. Broadcasting Democracy will be of interest to media scholars and radio listeners alike.

Broadcasting Democracy Reviews

This is an emphatic, engaging, well-grounded and richly argued study of the centrality of radio in claims and contestations that pertain to identity and democracy in South Africa post-apartheid"" Francis B. Nyamnjoh, author of Africas Media, Democracy and the Politics of Belonging.

""Tanja Boschs new book is an important addition to the literature. It tackles the under-researched medium of radio, demonstrating how public, community and commercial stations in South Africa contribute to identity formation and to the public sphere in distinct but related ways. Both scholarly and readable, the work is essential reading for anybody wanting to understand South Africas unique media landscape and still new democracy."" Franz Kruger, Professor of Journalism and Director of the Wits Radio AcademyRadio is Africas most ubiquitous medium. South Africas race-space relations were footprinted during apartheid by transmission technology therefore making sense of radio helps to make sense of the postapartheid condition. Talk radio is part of the ideological topography. Broadcasting Democracy addresses contemporary issues in historical context."" Keyan G Tomaselli, Distinguished Professor, University of Johannesburg; Professor Emeritus and Fellow, University of KwaZulu-Natal

About Tanja Bosch

Tanja Bosch is an Associate Professor of Media Studies and Production at the Centre for Film and Media Studies at the University of Cape Town, where she teaches and conducts research in media theory, social media, radio studies and broadcast journalism. She completed an MA in Communication for Development while a Fulbright Scholar at Ohio University, where she also graduated with a PhD in Communication. Her PhD thesis on community radio and identity was awarded the US based Broadcast Education Association Best Thesis award in 2004. Tanja is a former station manager of Bush Radio community radio, and has worked as a media trainer for a range of local and international organisations.

Table of Contents

  • Chapter 1 Introduction
  • Chapter 2 Public service broadcasting A brief history of Radio in South Africa
  • Chapter 3 Community Radio: Subaltern counterpublics
  • Chapter 4 Commercial talk radio and the public sphere
  • Chapter 5 Commercial music radio and identity: Good Hope FM and Metro FM as case studies
  • Chapter 6 Radio convergence and online public spheres
  • Chapter 7 Conclusions the future of radio in South Africa
  • References
  • Index

Additional information

NPB9780796925428
9780796925428
0796925429
Broadcasting Democracy: Radio and Identity in South Africa by Tanja Bosch
New
Paperback
HSRC Press
2018-03-30
184
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