Nelson Mandela in hospital: Let the media do their job
As the nation awaits news of its Madiba, an inevitable debate has sprung up around the coverage of his stay ...
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Losing the ability to find the ‘news gold’
For the majority of people around the world, the universe is defined by the journey between home, the school drop-off and ...
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Impact! What an alcohol advertising ban would do to the economy
A wholesale ban on alcohol advertising will not have a significant effect on dealing with the nation’s tendencies to abuse ...
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Class, race and gender in South African media
Two developments in our country in recent weeks reveal the extreme class, racial and gender bias in our media. Reactions ...
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They are fast, tech-savvy and so very busy
What do Gauteng media consumers want? Nikki Temkin reveals the media desires of this diverse group. The average Gautenger, or ...
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SA newspapers: manufacturing dissent?
The eminent American scholar-activist Noam Chomsky published a celebrated critique in 1988 of the media in the United States. The ...
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