(East African Communication Scholars Association., 2002) Tomaselli, Keyan Gray.
A historical critique of the genesis of joumalism and mass communication studies,
and media studies, in South Africa is offered. An overview of the major South
African and African journals and the ideological positioning of different scholarly
associations during and after apartheid follows. Some brief remarks on teaching perspectives locate different paradigms. The overall objective is to map the contours
of the South African situation.
The first presentations at the Lusaka Symposium were devoted to
South Africa. By challenging apartheid and repression at a local level.
grassroot communication is an effective way to oppose Government
policy in South Africa. Keyan Tomaselli, director of the Contemporary
Cultural Studies Unit at the University of Natal in Durban,
looked at the rise of grassroot organisations and how they are preparing
an alternative structure for a democratic South Africa.
