Women Journalists in South Africa: Democracy in the Age of Social Media by Glend

Description: Women Journalists in South Africa by Glenda Daniels, Kate Skinner This edited collection examines women journalists experiences and obstacles in South Africas (SA) democracy. The target audience for the book includes scholars of political philosophy, gender, media, communications, NGOs, media freedom activists and journalists. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This edited collection examines women journalists experiences and obstacles in South Africas (SA) democracy. They exercise power, and add a vital diversity, but they are routinely harassed in the online social media space of big tech companies such as Twitter and Facebook by populist and corrupt politicians and their supporters. Using SA as the case study, this book examines attempts to curb women journalists freedom combining theory and first-hand accounts. The target audience for the book includes scholars of political philosophy, gender, media, communications, NGOs, media freedom activists and journalists. Author Biography Glenda Daniels is Associate Professor in Media Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, SA. She is author of Power and Loss in South African Journalism: news in the age of social media (2020); Fight for Democracy: the ANC and media in South Africa (2012) and co-author of Glass Ceilings: women in South African Media Houses, 2018 (2018).Kate Skinner is Executive Director of the Association for Independent Publishers, SA. She has been a media freedom activist, researcher and policy analyst for the last 25 years and has worked in the unions, NGOs, government and the media industry to build a diverse, independent media sector. Table of Contents Chapter one: Introduction.- Chapter two: The Triple Oppressions: race, class and gender in South African journalism.- Chapter three: Reporting sexual and gender-based violence: A decolonial gaze on women journalists in South Africa.- Chapter four: Glass Ceilings: cybermisogyny is a sign of unchecked sexism in media and newsrooms.- Chapter five: The Hounding.- Chapter six: Threats to rape and kill me.- Chapter seven: Building media credibility and ethics in South Africa: A way forward from the margins.- Chapter eight: The gender pay gap in the South African media sector.- Chapter nine: The marginalisation of Womens voices in news stories – thoughts on a way forward.- Chapter ten: Reflections: Re-imagining journalism for a feminist future. Details ISBN303112698X Author Kate Skinner Pages 160 Publisher Springer International Publishing AG Edition Description 1st ed. 2022 Series Palgrave Studies in Journalism and the Global South Year 2023 Edition 1st ISBN-13 9783031126987 Format Paperback Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Subtitle Democracy in the Age of Social Media Country of Publication Switzerland Alternative 9783031126956 Edited by Kate Skinner DEWEY 070.40820968 Illustrations XV, 160 p. Audience Professional & Vocational Publication Date 2023-10-24 ISBN-10 303112698X UK Release Date 2023-10-24 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159524832;

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