Power, Politics and Identity in South African Media

This collection explores the often-overlooked role of media in the shaping of identity and culture in post-apartheid South Africa. Interrogating contemporary theory, these essays shed new light on how identities are constructed through the media and provide case studies that illustrate the complex process of identity renegotiation taking place in post-apartheid South Africa, giving fresh focus to topics that scholarship has overlookedsuch as the pervasive impact of tabloid newspapers. The contributors include both established scholars and new voices, all of whom represent some of South Africa's finest media analysts grappling with one of the country's most vexing issueswho are we?Hadland, Adrian is the author of 'Power, Politics and Identity in South African Media', published 2008 under ISBN 9780796922021 and ISBN 0796922020.