Ties that bind: a critical discourse analysis of the coverage of the Millennium Development Goals in the Mail and Guardian

Marquis, Danika Ewen

Title: Ties that bind: a critical discourse analysis of the coverage of the Millennium Development Goals in the Mail and Guardian
Creator: Marquis, Danika Ewen
Subject: Mail & Guardian
Subject: South African newspapers -- History -- 21st century
Subject: Journalism -- South Africa -- 21st century
Subject: Press -- South Africa -- 21st century
Subject: Developing countries -- Social conditions
Subject: Developing countries -- Economic conditions
Date Issued: 2009
Date: 2009
Type: Thesis
Type: Masters
Type: MA
Identifier: vital:3536
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1015462
Description: This study analysed the representation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the Mail and Guardian from 2000 to 2007. It drew on perspectives from cultural studies, the constructionist approach to representation and the sociology of news production. Through the use of the quantitative and qualitative research methods, content analysis and critical discourse analysis, this study established first, that few significant changes have occurred within the newspaper's coverage of the MDGs during this period, and second, that the people most affected by the MDGs and affiliated programmes are seriously under-represented and that the manner of representation marginalises and subordinates them.
Format: 136 leaves
Format: pdf
Publisher: Rhodes University
Publisher: Faculty of Humanities, Journalism and Media Studies
Language: English
Rights: Marquis, Danika Ewen

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