- Title
- The meanings of citizenship: media use and democracy in South Africa
- Creator
- Wasserman, Herman
- Creator
- Garman, Anthea
- Date Issued
- 2014
- Date
- 2014
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/159901
- Identifier
- vital:40354
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02533952.2014.929304
- Description
- In 1994, South Africans embarked on a project to create new meanings of citizenship in order to transcend the disenfranchisement and divisions created by apartheid. This article examines the context in which new forms of citizenship are evolving in South Africa and how South African citizens use the media to give meaning to concepts such as “an active public sphere,” “civic agency” and “participatory politics.” The objective of the research is to provide information about the way in which the media contribute to the quality of democracy in South Africa through mediating citizenship in a way that improves prospects for citizens to exert influence over public decisions.
- Format
- 16 pages
- Format
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Social Dynamics
- Relation
- Wasserman, H. and Garman, A., 2014. The meanings of citizenship: media use and democracy in South Africa. Social Dynamics, 40(2), pp.392-407
- Relation
- Social Dynamics volume 40 number 2 392 407 2014 1940-7874
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- Rights
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