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The Press in South Africa

Studies in the South African Media

Edited by Ruth Tomaselli, Keyan Tomaselli & John Muller

The first book to offer an historical overview of the press in relation to political economy. The book offers a conceptual framework for media analysis, followed by case studies dealing with the long running battle between Nasionale Pers and Perskor, the press and educational reform, labour reporting and the role of the press on issues of black housing.

Keyan Tomaselli is director of the Contemporary Cultural Studies Unit at the University of Natal, the editor of Critical Arts, and author of The Cinema of Apartheid: Race and Class in South African Film.

Ruth Tomaselli, who has served on the board of the South African Broadcasting Corp., is a lecturer in the Contemporary Cultural Studies Unit at the University of Natal.

Johan Muller is senior lecturer in Education at the University of Witwatersrand.

$29.95 cloth
0-941702-24-3
$19.95 paper
0-620-10575-5
5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 262 pp.

 

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Press in South Africa
$19.95
paper0-620-10575-5

Press in South Africa
$29.95
cloth 0-941702-24-3