Media coverage and the election: were some parties more equal than others?
| dc.contributor.author | Davis, Gavin | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-04-25T12:31:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-04-25T12:31:31Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2004 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-04-25T12:30:14Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Debates over the role of the media in a democratic South Africa remain as fierce as ever. The African National Congress (ANC) and its adherents routinely criticise the independent press for insufficiently transforming itself and, as a result, producing press coverage that tends to be anti-government. Opposition parties question the independence of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), claiming that the public broadcaster is fast becoming an instrument of ANC propaganda. This paper asserts that these arguments have been overstated by political actors and some commentators. Data collected during the 2004 election campaign suggests that the ANC get the lion’s share of news coverage, followed by the Democratic Alliance across all broadcast and print media. It is thus more appropriate to ascribe the media dominance of these two parties to their ability to generate publicity through superior resources, funding and organisation than media bias. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Davis, G. (2004). <i>Media coverage and the election: were some parties more equal than others?</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19200 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Davis, Gavin <i>Media coverage and the election: were some parties more equal than others?.</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR), 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19200 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Davis, G. (2004). Media coverage and the election: Were some parties more equal than others?. Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 0-7992-2269-0 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Working Paper AU - Davis, Gavin AB - Debates over the role of the media in a democratic South Africa remain as fierce as ever. The African National Congress (ANC) and its adherents routinely criticise the independent press for insufficiently transforming itself and, as a result, producing press coverage that tends to be anti-government. Opposition parties question the independence of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), claiming that the public broadcaster is fast becoming an instrument of ANC propaganda. This paper asserts that these arguments have been overstated by political actors and some commentators. Data collected during the 2004 election campaign suggests that the ANC get the lion’s share of news coverage, followed by the Democratic Alliance across all broadcast and print media. It is thus more appropriate to ascribe the media dominance of these two parties to their ability to generate publicity through superior resources, funding and organisation than media bias. DA - 2004 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Centre for Social Science Research LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2004 SM - 0-7992-2269-0 T1 - Media coverage and the election: were some parties more equal than others? TI - Media coverage and the election: were some parties more equal than others? UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19200 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19200 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Davis G. Media coverage and the election: were some parties more equal than others?. 2004 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19200 | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR) | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) | |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
| dc.source | Centre for Social Science Research | |
| dc.source.uri | http://www.cssr.uct.ac.za/ | |
| dc.subject.other | Media coverage | |
| dc.subject.other | election | |
| dc.subject.other | political parties | |
| dc.title | Media coverage and the election: were some parties more equal than others? | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Working Paper | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Research paper | en_ZA |