The media, protest at and nation building in post-apartheid South Africa : The spear : a case study

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dc.contributor.advisorNdlovu, Musawenkosien_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMakwela, Mologadien_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-15T05:32:25Z
dc.date.available2015-08-15T05:32:25Z
dc.date.issued2015en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study examines the media coverage and public debate that ensued following the publication of The Spear, a painting by artist Brett Murray which depicted African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed. The objective of the study is twofold. First, to understand how the debate unfolded in media and second, to unpack the public (and ANC) reaction to the media’s reports. The study attempts of contribute to research related to the relationship between media, society and nation building in young democracies, specifically in post-apartheid South Africa. A qualitative content analysis of a purposely selected sample of online news articles and comments formed the basis of the research methodology through which to identify prevalent themes that arose throughout the debate. Through discourse analysis, the study also unpacks how social structures – by these I mean groups, institutions, the economy, laws, population dynamics and social relations – that form the national landscape are created and maintained through the use of language (Gee, 2005: 65). Afrocentricism, media framing and agenda setting, as well as social and cultural identity theories, provide theoretical constructs with which to unpack a number of important aspects inherent in the media’s representation of Jacob Zuma. The findings reveal that while the painting as a metaphor of the shortcomings of an individual was relevant, historic memory paired alongside increasing class and racial tensions in South African society, escalated what otherwise would have been a form of protest art into an issue of racism and disrespect of African/black culture.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMakwela, M. (2015). <i>The media, protest at and nation building in post-apartheid South Africa : The spear : a case study</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13760en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMakwela, Mologadi. <i>"The media, protest at and nation building in post-apartheid South Africa : The spear : a case study."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13760en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMakwela, M. 2015. The media, protest at and nation building in post-apartheid South Africa : The spear : a case study. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Makwela, Mologadi AB - This study examines the media coverage and public debate that ensued following the publication of The Spear, a painting by artist Brett Murray which depicted African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed. The objective of the study is twofold. First, to understand how the debate unfolded in media and second, to unpack the public (and ANC) reaction to the media’s reports. The study attempts of contribute to research related to the relationship between media, society and nation building in young democracies, specifically in post-apartheid South Africa. A qualitative content analysis of a purposely selected sample of online news articles and comments formed the basis of the research methodology through which to identify prevalent themes that arose throughout the debate. Through discourse analysis, the study also unpacks how social structures – by these I mean groups, institutions, the economy, laws, population dynamics and social relations – that form the national landscape are created and maintained through the use of language (Gee, 2005: 65). Afrocentricism, media framing and agenda setting, as well as social and cultural identity theories, provide theoretical constructs with which to unpack a number of important aspects inherent in the media’s representation of Jacob Zuma. The findings reveal that while the painting as a metaphor of the shortcomings of an individual was relevant, historic memory paired alongside increasing class and racial tensions in South African society, escalated what otherwise would have been a form of protest art into an issue of racism and disrespect of African/black culture. DA - 2015 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - The media, protest at and nation building in post-apartheid South Africa : The spear : a case study TI - The media, protest at and nation building in post-apartheid South Africa : The spear : a case study UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13760 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/13760
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMakwela M. The media, protest at and nation building in post-apartheid South Africa : The spear : a case study. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies, 2015 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13760en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Film and Media Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPolitical Communicationen_ZA
dc.titleThe media, protest at and nation building in post-apartheid South Africa : The spear : a case studyen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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