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Author:   Herman Wasserman (Rhodes University, South Africa)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.456kg
ISBN:  

9780415539067

ISBN 10:   0415539064
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   05 July 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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"Foreword: Press Freedom in a ""Game"" of Interests Francis B. Nyamnjoh 1. Press Freedom in Africa: Discourses, debates, controversies Herman Wasserman 2. South African media in comparative perspective Colin Sparks 3. Growing pains in the development of a free press in Africa and Asia: A comparative analysis – South Africa and India Jiafei Yin 4. Best practice in media self-regulation: A three-way test to avoid selective borrowing and ad hoc transplants Guy Berger 5. Development journalism revived: The case of Ethiopia Terje S. Skjerdal 6. Going back to the crossroads: Visions of a democratic media future at the dawn of the new South Africa Gabriël J. Botma 7. The ANC’s poverty of strategy on media accountability Jane Duncan 8. Whose freedom? South Africa’s press, middle-class bias and the threat of control Steven Friedman 9. The present is another country: A comment on the 2010 media freedom debate Peter D. McDonald"

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Herman Wasserman is Professor and Deputy Head of the School of Journalism and Media Studies at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa. He has published widely on media in post-apartheid South Africa and edits the journal Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies.

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