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How central are the media to the functioning of democracy? Is democracy primarily about citizens using their vote? Does the expression of their voice necessarily empower citizens? Media and Citizenship challenges some assumptions about the relationship between the media and democracy in highly unequ...
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| Group Author: | ; |
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HSRC Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cape Town : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
How central are the media to the functioning of democracy? Is democracy primarily about citizens using their vote? Does the expression of their voice necessarily empower citizens? Media and Citizenship challenges some assumptions about the relationship between the media and democracy in highly unequal societies like South Africa. In a post-apartheid society where an enfranchised majority is still unable to fundamentally practise their citizenship and experiences marginalisation on a daily basis, notions like listening and belonging may be more useful ways of thinking about the role of the me |
| Carrier Form: | xi, 241 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780796925565 0796925569 |
| Index Number: | JQ1992 |
| CLC: | D747.824 |
| Call Number: | D747.824/M489 |
| Contents: | Part I: Media-citizenship Nexus -- Part 2: Media -democracy problematic -- Part 3: Acts of citizenship. |