| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
|
| Title Information: |
true story! |
| Author: |
WassermanHerman, 1969- |
| Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Project Muse |
| Place of Publication: |
Bloomington |
| Published: |
Indiana University Press; |
| Year of Publication: |
c2010 |
| Description: |
1 online resource (xvi, 218 p.)ill. : |
| Series: |
African expressive cultures |
| Subject: |
Journalism - Social aspects - South Africa - |
| Subject: |
Sensationalism in journalism - South Africa - |
| Subject: |
Tabloid newspapers - South Africa - |
| Online resource: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780253004291/ |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-208) and index |
| ISBN: |
9780253004291electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
0253004292electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
9780253354921hbk. |
| ISBN: |
0253354927hbk. |
| ISBN: |
9780253222114pbk. |
| ISBN: |
0253222117pbk. |
| Content Note: |
Shock! Horror! Scandal! The tabloid controversy and journalism studies in post-apartheid South Africa -- Attack of the killer newspapers! Tabloids arrive in South Africa -- Black and white and read all over : tabloids and the glocalization of popular media -- Not really newspapers: tabloids and the South African journalistic paradigm -- The revolution will be printed : tabloids, citizenship, and democratic politics in post-apartheid South Africa -- Truth or trash? Understanding tabloid journalism and lived experience -- Often they cry with the people : the professional identities of tabloid journalists |