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 Hardcover LANGUAGE English 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. Back Cover "Excellent book. Daniels and Skinner have produced a highly accessible, academically rigorous exploration of media feminist theory grounded in radical democracy and decoloniality. Mandatory reading for anyone interested in the future of media institutions, the importance of voice, South Africas unfinished democratic project, and the intersection of these with gender inequality. Possibly the most significant book this year." --Kathleen Magrobi , Quote This Woman+, Johannesburg, South Africa "There is a myriad of challenges - misinformation and disinformation, sustainability issues and ongoing technological disruption - facing the media. An intersectional approach would recognise that these challenges have a gendered impact. This is often overlooked as we fight to support the essential role media plays in a democracy. This critical book, with its feminist approach, not only puts these issues on the national agenda but makes the clarion call that without womens voices, our stories are not truly told and our media not truly free." --Paula Fray, fraycollege CEO, Johannesburg, South Africa This edited collection examines women journalists in the South African democratic space and the obstacles that they experience. 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 South Africa as the case study, the contributions in this book look at how the women journalists exercise their power and how attempts to curb their power are exercised. The editors and researchers are geographically located in South Africa and have interviewed the women journalists, providing them with first hand and embodied accounts of the ongoing suppression of womens freedom of expression, and its serious consequences for democracy. The target audience for the book includes scholars of political philosophy, gender, media and communications, NGOs and media freedom activists and journalists. Glenda Daniels is Associate Professor in Media Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Daniels is author of Power and Loss in South African Journalism: news in the age of social media (2020) and 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. 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. 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. Feature Explores the contribution of women journalists to South African democracy in the social media age Offers a theoretical analysis of the journalism industry Looks in-depth at how women are trolled and attacked Details ISBN3031126955 Short Title Women Journalists in South Africa Publisher Springer International Publishing AG Series Palgrave Studies in Journalism and the Global South Language English ISBN-10 3031126955 ISBN-13 9783031126956 Format Hardcover Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Subtitle Democracy in the Age of Social Media Year 2022 Edition 1st Country of Publication Switzerland Author Kate Skinner Edited by Kate Skinner Pages 160 Publication Date 2022-10-24 Illustrations XV, 160 p. UK Release Date 2022-10-24 Edition Description 1st ed. 2022 Alternative 9783031126987 DEWEY 070.40820968 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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