The impact of commercialisation of the media on the content of the conglomerate-owned community newspapers in South Africa: study of four community newspapers form the Caxton CTP Publishers stable.

This dissertation draws on empirical research in the print media to consider the impact of commercialisation on the content ferried in community newspapers. The central argument of market driven theories (Badalsty, 1992; Howley, 2005; Bagdikian, 2004) is that the negative effects of commercial in...

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Main Author: Mwangi, Susan W.
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10539/4765