Between a croc and a herd place: Battle at Kruger and nature interpretation

 

Between a croc and a herd place: Battle at Kruger and nature interpretation

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24598
 
Abstract:
The article examines the popular YouTube clip Battle at Kruger and its National Geographic spin-off Caught on safari: The battle at Kruger. In seeking to account for the clip's popularity and National Geographic's motivations for making the hour-long feature, the author draws on the burgeoning studies of wildlife film in an effort to contextualise this new ‘eye-witness’ approach within the traditions of documentary films focusing on nature – particularly animals. Furthermore, do the clip and its online popularity suggest a new direction for wildlife documentary in an age of increasingly advanced filming technologies and digital broadcast platforms?
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Rijsdijk, I. M. (2010). Between a croc and a herd place: Battle at Kruger and nature interpretation. Communicatio: South African Journal for Communication Theory and Research, 36(3), 359-370.
Rijsdijk, I. (2010). Between a croc and a herd place: Battle at Kruger and nature interpretation. Communicatio: South African Journal for Communication Theory and Research, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24598
Rijsdijk, Ian-Malcolm "Between a croc and a herd place: Battle at Kruger and nature interpretation." Communicatio: South African Journal for Communication Theory and Research (2010) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24598
Rijsdijk I. Between a croc and a herd place: Battle at Kruger and nature interpretation. Communicatio: South African Journal for Communication Theory and Research. 2010; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24598.
 
Rijsdijk, Ian-Malcolm
 
2010
 
Battle at Kruger
documentary
wildlife
YouTube
 
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