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Dear MECCSA Subscribers,

 

We would like to announce a new publication from University of Illinois Press:

 

Media, Geopolitics, and Power

A View from the Global South

Herman Wasserman

 

https://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/media-geopolitics-and-power

 

Herman Wasserman analyses the debates surrounding South Africa’s new media presence against the backdrop of rapidly changing geopolitics.  His exploration reveals how South African disputes regarding access to, and representation in, the media reflect inequality in the global communication sphere. Whilst optimists see post-apartheid media as a vital space encouraging exchanges of opinion in a young democracy, critics suggest it mirrors past divisions, privileging the viewpoints of the elite. Wasserman explores how these simplistic narratives obscure the country's internal conflicts and paradoxes as he charts the diverse nature of South African entry into the global arena.

 

"Wasserman's book offers a rich and insightful account of the South African media in the context of shifting centres of global power and knowledge production. While focusing on the South African transition, the book demonstrates the close interrelationship between the local and the global, between the dominance of the advanced democracies of the West and the struggles of the Global South for recognition and influence. By taking the perspective of the Global South, familiar concepts such as citizenship, tabloidization and mediation are put in a new light, thus enriching our theoretical and empirical understanding of the role of the media in a changing world." – Katrin Voltmer, author of Comparing Political Communication across Time and Space. New Studies in an Emerging Field

 

Herman Wasserman is a professor of media studies and director of the Centre for Film and Media Studies at the University of Capetown. He is the author of Tabloid Journalism in South Africa: True Story! He is the editor of Taking it to the Streets: Popular Media, Democracy and Development in Africa and coeditor of Media Ethics Beyond Borders.

 

With all best wishes,

 

Combined Academic Publishers


 University of Illinois Press | Geopolitics of Information | March 2018 | 236pp | 9780252083266 | Paperback | £20.99*

*Price subject to change.

 



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