Between a croc and a herd place: Battle at Kruger and nature interpretation
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2010
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Communicatio: South African Journal for Communication Theory and Research
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University of Cape Town
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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.