Tabloid Journalism in South Africa: True Story!

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Index Abahlali baseMjondolo, 3, 28 Achmat, Zackie, 103 Addison, Graeme, 73, 98 African National Congress (ANC): Johncom acquisition attempt, 5; media freedom and, 4; tabloid coverage of, 103–110, 191n41; tabloid coverage of death of Adelaide Tambo, 36, 37, 99; tabloids as forum for debate of ambitions of, 39; views of democratic government in, 91–92 Afrikaans-language newspapers: history of, 49; language loyalty and, 128–31, 193n8; political stance of, 4–5; post-apartheid restructuring of, 31–32; validation of Afrikaans variants in Son, 75 Afrikaners, 4 Afropolitan, 34 AIDS/HIV, 32–33, 73–74, 83, 104, 111, 144 Alexander, Peter, 53–54 Allen, Keith, 55, 66 alternative press, 2–3, 27–30, 48 alternative public sphere, 86–91 ANC. See African National Congress Anderson, Benedict, 17, 53, 132, 138 Ang, Ien, 52, 120–21 Anti-Privatization Forum, 3, 28 apartheid: dehumanizing effect of, 29; government opposition to television, 53; Group Areas Act, 136, 194n5; media control measures of, 4, 70; nationalist media patterns of, 53–54; status of White press, 4–6; U.S. support for “constructive engagement,” 185n3. See also post-apartheid democracy Appadurai, Arjun, 45, 54 Argus, 129, 155, 158 Argus Group, 48 Ashforth, Adam, 98, 146–48 Association of Black Accountants, 5 audience. See readers Avusa (orig. Johnnic), 31 Baby Jordan murder trial, 139, 141, 193n14 Bain, Charlie, 56 Bakhtin, Mikhail Mikhailovich, 73, 92 Bantu Press, 48–49 Bantu World, 48–49, 68 Barber, Karin, 47 Bardoel, Jo, 20, 41 Barnett, Brooke, 16 Barratt, Elizabeth, 67–68 Baudrillard, Jean, 182n4 Beckett, Charlie, 20 Beeld, 63, 169 BEF (Black Editor’s Forum), 67–68 Bell, Martin, 172 Berelson, Bernard, 120 Berger, Guy, 44, 60–63, 64, 67, 79, 81, 144, 187n11 Berkowitz, Dan, 67, 187n8, 188n32 Bird, S. Elizabeth: cultural approach to media, 12, 118–19, 121, 126; on the fluidity of readers, 119–20; on reading practices, 136, 142; on the stereotyping of tabloid readers, 122; on tabloid content, 14, 132; on tabloid journalism, 17–20, 51, 153, 174; on tabloids as sites of resistance, 35 Biressi, Anita, 127 Black Business, 34 Black Diamonds racial group, 33–34 Black Editor’s Forum (BEF), 67–68 Black Lawyers Association, 5 Black, White and Read All Over (documentary film), 114 Blair, Tony, 23, 183n12 Blaque, 34 blogging, 116, 188n28, 189n38 Bloom, Kevin, 73 Botswana, 48–49 Bourdieu, Pierre, 66, 135 Bourgault, Louise Marion, 48, 51 Brazil, 57 Bristow-Bovey, Darryl, 188n30 Britten, Sarah, 116 Broadcasting Complaints Commission, 70 broadside ballads, 17 Brophy, Karl: on homophobic writing, 116; on mainstream media, 88, 181n4; on tabloid journalism, 88, 103, 152, 158; on tabloid readers, 95–96, 156; on UK tabloids, 56 Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations. 210 Index Bullard, David, 115–16 Buller, Judy, 89 Die Burger: appeal to Black readers, 170; editorial practices of, 61, 65, 162–63; as mainstream paper, 88, 128–29, 154–55, 157–58, 160, 162–63; website of, 183n9 Business Day, 169 Cape Son: cover design of, 25; focus group readers of, 125–26; founding of, 24; word play in headlines, 21 Cape Times, 158 Capraro, Ingo: on British tabloids, 56; on the importance of language, 21, 75; on political coverage in tabloids, 101, 103; as SANEF member, 61; on Son founding, 162; on tabloid ethics, 160, 169 Chakrabarty, Dipesh, 9 citizen journalism, 109, 188n28 City Press, 3, 23, 27, 34, 135 class: Black middle class, 33–34, 169–70, 184nn27–30, 186n5; common language in early tabloids, 19; consumption as social reordering, 98; coverage of strikes and unions, 109; distinctions of taste and, 66, 123; individual vs. structural orientation and, 95–96; Living Standards Measurement as audience assessment device, 23–24; “man in the blue overalls” image, xi, 21, 74, 96, 102–103, 114; post-apartheid mainstream press readership, 59–60, 168–69; secondgeneration rights gap and, 33, 93, 190n15; social mobility function of tabloids, 14–15, 73, 95–96, 135, 141, 183n11; tabloid readership and, 1, 3, 6–7, 23–24, 131, 182n3, 193n9; tabloids as class depoliticization, 84; trust in tabloids and, 16–17; undermining by tabloids of social hierarchy, 35, 57, 85, 91–92 CoE (Conference of Editors), 67–68 Cohen, Stanley, 82 Comaroff, Jean, 139–40 Comaroff, John L, 139–40 community involvement. See localization comparative study of journalism, 10–11 Conboy, Martin, 19, 97–98, 132, 181n4, 193n8 Conference of Editors (CoE), 67–68 Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), 105 Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CoRMSA), 111 content (of tabloids...