Tell our story : multiplying voices in the news media /

Investigating bias in the mainstream media, the authors dismiss the idea that some groups are voiceless, arguing that they are being deliberately ignored. Adopting an audience-centred approach and research in practice in three South African communities, they draw out a set of practical guidelines fo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Reid, Julie (Author), McKinley, Dale T. (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Johannesburg : Wits University Press, 2020.
Subjects:	Journalism > South Africa. Mass media > South Africa. Local mass media > South Africa. Press > South Africa. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Available via EBSCO eBook Collection
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Table of Contents:

Intro
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Chapter 1: The Importance of Voice and the Myth of the 'Voiceless'
Part 1 : From the Inside: Voice(s) from the Ground
Chapter 2: Community Perspective, Experience and Voice
Chapter 3 : Glebelands Hostel, Durban
Chapter 4 : Xolobeni, Eastern Cape
Chapter 5 : Thembelihle Community, Johannesburg
Part 2 : From the Outside: Dominant Voice
Chapter 6 : Dominant Media Telling and Elite Communication
Chapter 7 : The Political Economy of Dominant Power and Storytelling
Part 3 : New trajectories for Journalism and Voice(s)
Chapter 8 : Media Diversity and Voice(s)
Chapter 9 : Rethinking Media Freedom, Revamping Media Ethics
Chapter : Planting the Seeds of Change
Notes
Bibliography
Index