Women Journalists in South Africa by Glenda Daniels, Kate Ski... - 9783031126987

Women Journalists in South AfricaDemocracy in the Age of Social Media\nAuthor(s): Glenda Daniels, Kate Skinner\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG, Switzerland\nImprint: Palgrave Macmillan\nISBN-13: 9783031126987, 978-3031126987\nSynopsis\nThis edited collection examines women journalists experiences and obstacles in South Africas (SA) democracy. They exercise power, and add a vital diversity, but they are routinely harassed in the online social media space of big tech companies such as Twitter and Facebook by populist and corrupt politicians and their supporters. Using SA as the case study, this book examines attempts to curb women journalists freedom combining theory and first-hand accounts. The target audience for the book includes scholars of political philosophy, gender, media, communications, NGOs, media freedom activists and journalists.