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Accountability and the Media

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  • Anton Harber

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Two decades of contestation over the nature and extent of transformation in the South African news media have left a sector different in substantive ways from the apartheid inheritance but still patchy in its capacity to fill the democratic ideal. Change came fast to a newly open broadcasting sector, but has faltered in recent years, particularly in a public broadcaster troubled by political interference and poor management. The potential of online media to provide much greater media access has been hindered by the cost of bandwidth. Community media has grown but struggled to survive financially. Print media has been aggressive in investigative exposé, but financial cutbacks have damaged routine daily coverage. In the face of this, the government has turned its attention to the print sector, demanding greater—but vaguely defined—transformation and threatened legislation. This has met strong resistance.

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  • Anton Harber, 2014. "Accountability and the Media," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 652(1), pages 206-221, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:652:y:2014:i:1:p:206-221
    DOI: 10.1177/0002716213515154
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