Media and Citizenship: Between Marginalisation and Participation

ISBN-13: 9780796925565 / Angielski

Anthea Garman; Herman Wasserman

Opis

How central are the media to the functioning of democracy? Is democracy primarily about citizens using their vote? Does the expression of their voice necessarily empower citizens? Media and Citizenship challenges some assumptions about the relationship between the media and democracy in highly unequal societies like South Africa.