South Africa and the International Media, 1972-1979: A Struggle for Representation / Edition 1

by James Sanders

Overview

This book studies the Anglo-American media's representation of South Africa in the 1970s - the international media is shown to have been under continuous pressure from both the South African Dept of Information and the anti-apartheid movement.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714649795
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/29/1999
Pages:	294
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ric Burns is best known for his work on the acclaimed PBS series The Civil War, which he produced with Ken Burns and wrote with Ken Burns and Geoffrey C. Ward, and for which he received two Emmy Awards and the Producer of the Year award of the Producers Guild of America. For public television, he has also directed the award-winning documentaries Coney Island, The Donner Party, and The Way West.

Table of Contents

Choice - " Sanders did a remarkable job researching this volume...(His) useful and comprehensive case study adds significantly to the literature of foreign coverage and correspondence."



Journalism and mass Communication Quarterly

"extremely satisfying to read

Editorial Reviews

Analyzes media coverage of South Africa during the 1970s, dissecting three major media stories: the exposure of low black wages, the South African intervention in Angola, and the Soweto uprising. Provides insight into the problems of journalists operating in foreign countries, and shows how misleading news stories came to be published during the period. Demonstrates that foreign correspondents depended on a tiny group of sources, and also shows how important individual journalists could be. The author is a freelance journalist. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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