Decolonising journalism education in South Africa : critical perspectives / Ylva Rodny-Gumede, Colin Chasi, Zubeida Jaffer & Mvuso Ponono editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rodny-Gumede, Ylva, editor.

Chasi, Colin Tinei, editor.

Jaffer, Zubeida, editor.

Ponono, Mvuzo, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Journalism--Study and teaching--South Africa.

Journalism.

Journalistic ethics--South Africa.

Journalistic ethics.

Educational equalization--South Africa.

Educational equalization.

Decolonization--South Africa.

Decolonization.

Place of Publication:

University of South Africa 2021

Summary:

"With 342 years of colonialism and apartheid in South Africa, a book of this calibre is essential to contribute to scholarly debates on the decolonisation of the media. After the democratic dispensation in 1994, there was a narrow pursuit of transformation and media freedom while neglecting decolonisation, patriarchal tendencies and the plight of black women journalists who are often vilified while discharging their duties. It was two decades after democracy that the #RhodesMustFall movement, which later evolved into #FeesMustFall movement, reignited debates on decoloniality in the academia. In the same vein, the book advocates for decolonised pedagogy in universities, including journalism curriculum. That ownership of the media is still skewed towards white - and with only few black companies gradually joining the industry - also brings into doubt media freedom, editorial independence, ethics and integrity among media practitioners. Therefore, the decoloniality movement seeks to confront these structural challenges head-on via dialogue to ensure the integrity of the journalism profession. Decolonising Journalism in South Africa is published at a time in which journalism serves as a watchdog and a critique of a democratic government, and needs to follow a bottom-up social justice approach to become a voice to the voiceless. This book seeks to revolutionise the media by changing the language of reporting of certain issues to a more balanced kind of reporting, characterised by the principles of no fear or favour."-- Back cover.

Contents:

Introduction / Ylva Rodny-Gumede, Colin Chasi, Zubeida Jaffer & Mvuso Ponono

Meaning of decolonisation / Sabelo J Ndlovu-Gatsheni

The decolonial problematic in journalism ethics / Philip Santos and Admire Mare

Making a case for decolonising journalism and media studies / Bruce Mutsvairo and Robin Kasozi Bukenya

Birthed by the west: complexities of redefining journalism curricula in South African universities / Bevelyn Dube

Toward a research agenda for African media and communication studies: pathfinders must first know where they are / Colin Chasi and Ylva Rodny-Gumede

Journalism and media studies education in South Africa / Taryn Isaac de Vega

Power, knowledge and journalism: the Naspers-127 submission to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and its aftermath / Christie van der Westhuizen - A very long erratum note: the corrective role of the South African media as a from of transitional justice - A decolonial analysis of the cyberbullying of South African woman journalists / Glenda Daniels

Not clowns but capable agents: tapping into subaltern theory to centralise the marginalised / Mvuso Ponono and Anthea Garman

In between journalism and media development: negotiating journalistic safety with decolonising African contexts / viola c. Milton and Winston Mano

Decolonising media ethics and media accountability systems: elevating the value of voice in southern journalism / Julie Reid - "Because of this khephu": dehumanisation through language in South Africa media / Zethu Cataka

'Living under coloniality from social experiment to common experience: lesson from Nat Nakasa' / Williemien Marais

The oral archive as 'first author' in the emergence of the nineteenth century African newspaper intellectual tradition / Nomalanga Mkhize

Developing a new national narrative for South Africa / Zudeiba Jaffer and Shepherd Mpofu.

ISBN:

9781776150953

1776150953