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On the faultline: a critical analysis of the Human Rights Commission's hearings into racism in the media

Thesis (M.A.(Political Studies))--University of the Witwatersrand, Faculty of Humanities,
2002. / In March 2000, the South African Human Rights Commission launched an inquiry into
racism in the South African media. This dissertation discusses a number of issues that were
neglected during the Commission’s inquiry. The main argument has been that the discussion
about racism in the media could have been much more fruitful if the Commission in their
research as well as during the hearings themselves would have focused on a wider set of
factors that influence media content. Furthermore, if the Commission had shown a greater
understanding of the historically troublesome relationship between the media and the
government in South Africa it would have facilitated interaction with the media and done less
to alienate the media from the process.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/14654
Date13 May 2014
CreatorsRodny-Gumede, Ylva
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
Formatapplication/pdf

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