Women Journalists in South Africa Democracy in the Age of Social Media

This edited collection examines women journalists’ experiences and obstacles in South Africa’s (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 p...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Daniels, Glenda (Editor), Skinner, Kate (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
Series:Palgrave Studies in Journalism and the Global South
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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 Women’s voices in news stories – thoughts on a way forward
  • Chapter ten: Reflections: Re-imagining journalism for a feminist future