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- Media on the MAT
The contentious “T” word - transformation - has reared its head again in the media sector and this time it’s civil society pushing for progress.
The self-regulating print media have consistently come under fire over the years, mainly from political parties, who accuse them of being unrepresentative of the society in which they operate. It’s also been alleged that the print media report on issues of gender, inequality and race in a stereotypical way.
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- Xenophobic violence: one year on - newsroom lessons
South Africa will this month commemorate the first anniversary of the xenophobic violence, a deadly ‘ethnic cleansing’ directed against African immigrants that made headlines in local and international media last year. The violence prompted some media watchdogs to take a critical look at local media’s ‘xenophobic reporting’ that allegedly might have played a role in the violence.
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- A year of Malemaphobia, mediaphobia and xenophobia
As the year 2008 slowly but surely disappears, it is time for the media to do some critical retrospection to see if it’s correctly fulfilled its role of a Fourth Estate and respected its ethical codes. These two sets of self-examination are compulsory if the press wants to be trusted by communities in which it serves and continues to be seen as playing a vital role in a democratic and free society.
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- Daily Sun, MMP smoke peace pipe
The long-running and bitter dispute between South Africa’s fast-selling newspaper, Daily Sun, and the Media Monitoring Project (MMP) over the tabloid’s labelling of foreigners as ‘aliens’ and its alleged xenophobic reporting has finally been settled amicably.
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- Capturing a tragedy
Violent events are an everyday feature for the media in SA. It may be argued that certain horrific visuals are necessary to report the reality of violent events, such as the recent xenophobic attacks.
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