Questioning the media-democracy link: South African journalists’ views

Chuma, Wallace; Wasserman, Herman; Bosch, Tanja; Pointer, Rebecca

doi:10.1080/23743670.2017.1292703

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“…According to study participants, a widely accessible channel such as Btv, funded through the government but autonomous while also providing communication that serves both the interests of the State and the public, is most desirable in Botswana. This view is related to a suggestion by Matsilele et al (2021) and Chuma et al (2017) that media, which operate independently and not controlled by governments is ideal for democracy. A hybrid model was supported by media producers and government officials who wanted the channel to serve the government's interests and communicate policies and by other study participants who were concerned about the control and over-use of the channel by the State and desired more public interest programming.…”

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“…Many African countries have attempted to transform SB into PSB to encourage media diversity in their societies. This is predicated on the views that media that operate independently and not controlled by governments is ideal for democracy; as such media would generally benefit the entire public (Chuma et al, 2017;Fombad, 2002;Matsilele et al, 2021). Nevertheless, there are reports that some African leaders may interfere with the operations of PSBs, and others lack the political will to transform state media or at least allow opportunities for diverse media channels in their countries (Duncan & Glenn, 2010;Matsilele et al, 2021;Moyo & Chuma, 2010).…”

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“…Analogous to this, Banda (2007) also reported that because the South African Government comprised domination of the African National Congress (ANC), which would vote for the SABC's board in Parliament, it was conceivable that the channel served as a tool for publicity for the ANC. Chuma et al (2017) also suggested that due to these sorts of challenges, South Africans continue to face problems of imbalanced access to the media and attempts by the elites to control the spread of information in society. Obijiofor (2015, p. 51) has raised critical questions associated with PSB such as their ''possible funding mechanism, key distinguishing factors between PSB and commercial broadcasting, roles of PSB in society, and how PSB adapts to the changing new technologies.''…”

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State or Public Service Broadcasting? Assessing the Making of a National Television Service in Botswana

Lesitaokana

2024

Sage Open

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This paper uses the political economy framework to examine developments surrounding the establishment and structuring of Botswana Television since its introduction as a national broadcaster in 2000. The focus is to identify the broadcasting model for Btv, and establish whether PSB or SB would be appropriate for a national television in Botswana context. Data obtained through documentary analysis and semi-structured interviews showed that Btv has always been funded and structured to operate from either the Government Ministry of Transport and Communications, or the Office of the President. Consequently, the channel’s broadcasts are predisposed toward the ideologies of the ruling elites, than those of the public. Therefore, we argue that Btv should be re-structured and allowed to operate in the interests of both the state and public. Doing so could result in collective use of state media and safeguard against unnecessary government control. Thus, for developing contexts such as Botswana, we suggest a hybrid model of both PSB and SB.

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2024

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“…Future research should thus turn the focus towards new and developing democracies, or even non-democratic contexts, where the normative expectations of news media and journalistic role conceptions, as well as the conditions for media practice, differ (Chuma et al, 2017). Doing so will not only enrich the field and produce valuable insights, but also contribute to challenge the status of the West and liberal democracy as the norm.…”

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Mind the gap : Newspapers as a forum for democratic public debate on food production

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Chapter 1| General introduction 1. Introduction 1.1. Problem statement 2. Theoretical background 2.1. A set of normative expectations for news media 2.2. Conceptualising the role of media in democratic public debate 2.3. Framing as analytical tool 2.4. The conceptual framework 3. Methodological approach and thesis outline 3.1. Research design 3.2. Data collection and analysis 3.3. Outline of the thesis Chapter 2 | The chick diffusion: How newspapers fail to meet normative expectations regarding their democratic role in public debate Abstract 1. Introduction 2. Literature review 2.1. Conceptualising newspapers as a forum for public debate 2.2. Normative expectations of newspapers 2.3. Between structural and actor-oriented approaches 2.4. Framing as tool for the analysis of public debate 3. Methods 3.1. Case selection 3.2. Data collection 3.3. Operationalisation of analytical framework 3.4. Framing analysis 4. Results 4.1. Frequency and distribution of issues 4.2. Co-occurrence of issues 4.3. Systemic contestation 4.4. Structural problematization 4.5. Structural shift 5. Discussion Chapter 3 | Something wicked this way comes: How well did UK newspapers support the public debate of Avian Influenza as a wicked problem? Abstract 1. Introduction 2. Background 2.1. Avian flu as a wicked problem 2.2. Framing 2.3. Expectations 3. Materials and methods 3.1. Data collection and curation 3.2. Framing analysis 3.3. Operationalisation of expectations 4. Results 4.1. Expectation 1: Connecting the dots 4.2. Expectation 2: Systemic contestation 4.3. Expectation 3: Structural problematisation 4.4. Expectation 4: Coverage that supports an opening up of the public debate 5. Discussion Chapter 4 | Not liable: How newspapers fail to provide the foundations needed to support a forum for accountability Abstract 1 12 1 "Revealed: the dirty secret of the UK's poultry industry. " The Guardian. July 23, 2014.

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Confessions of Two Well-Meaning ‘Mzungu’ Journalism Trainers

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Goldsmith

2023

Palgrave Studies in Journalism and the Global South

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Questioning the media-democracy link: South African journalists’ views

Cited by 7 publications

References 39 publications

State or Public Service Broadcasting? Assessing the Making of a National Television Service in Botswana

State or Public Service Broadcasting? Assessing the Making of a National Television Service in Botswana

Mind the gap : Newspapers as a forum for democratic public debate on food production

Confessions of Two Well-Meaning ‘Mzungu’ Journalism Trainers

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