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Title:(Re)Writing Xenophobia: Understanding Press Coverage of Cross-Border Migration in Southern Africa
Authors:MacDonald, David A.ISNI
Jacobs, SeanISNI
Year:2005
Periodical:Journal of Contemporary African Studies
Volume:23
Issue:3
Period:November
Pages:295-325
Language:English
Geographic terms:Southern Africa
South Africa
Subjects:press
racism
immigrants
Literature, Mass Media and the Press
Urbanization and Migration
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
Ethnic and Race Relations
External links:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02589000500274050
http://ejournals.ebsco.com/direct.asp?ArticleID=48FB81EE919160AFD6BD
Abstract:In a previous article, R. Danso and D. McDonald (2001) reviewed English-language press coverage in South Africa from 1994 to 1998 and argued that reportage and editorial comment on cross-border migration was largely anti-immigrant and unanalytical. The present article updates the previous study to determine what, if any, changes have occurred in South Africa with respect to xenophobia in the press by looking at English-language newspapers from 2000 to 2005 and comparing the results to the former survey. The article also poses a series of hypotheses as to why press coverage in South Africa is xenophobic (or not) and possible future trends. It also expands the analysis to Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and Zambia. The variations across the region indicate that xenophobic press coverage in southern Africa (or its non-xenophobic counterpart) is a highly contextualized phenomenon for which there is no single or universal explanation. Bibliogr., notes, ref. [ASC Leiden abstract]
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