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.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/14654 |
| Date | 13 May 2014 |
| Creators | Rodny-Gumede, Ylva |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
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