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Broadcasting the End of Apartheid Live Television and the Birth of the New South Africa 1st Edition

Author(s)

Martha Evans

Edition

1st Edition

ISBN

9780857735836, 9781780768625

Publisher

I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd

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PDF and EPUB

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South Africa came late to television; when it finally arrived in the late 1970s the rest of the world had already begun to boycott the country because of apartheid. While the ruling National Party feared the integrative effects of television, they did not foresee how exclusion from globally unifying broadcasts would gradually erode their power. South Africa was barred from participating in some of television’s greatest global attractions (including sporting events such as the Olympics and contests such as Miss World). With the release of Nelson Mandela from prison came a proliferation of large-scale live broadcasts as the country was permitted to return to international competition, and its re-admittance was played out on television screens across the world. These events were pivotal in shaping and consolidating the country’s emerging post-apartheid national identity. Broadcasting the End of Apartheid assesses the socio-political effects of live broadcasting on South Africa’s transition to democracy. Martha Evans argues that just as print media had a powerful influence on the development of Afrikaner nationalism, so the ‘liveness’ of television helped to consolidate the post-apartheid South African national identity.

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Broadcasting the End of Apartheid Live Television and the Birth of the New South Africa 1st Edition

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Full Title

Broadcasting the End of Apartheid Live Television and the Birth of the New South Africa 1st Edition

Author(s)

Martha Evans

Edition

1st Edition

ISBN

9780857724175, 9781780768625

Publisher

I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd

Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

South Africa came late to television; when it finally arrived in the late 1970s the rest of the world had already begun to boycott the country because of apartheid. While the ruling National Party feared the integrative effects of television, they did not foresee how exclusion from globally unifying broadcasts would gradually erode their power. South Africa was barred from participating in some of television’s greatest global attractions (including sporting events such as the Olympics and contests such as Miss World). With the release of Nelson Mandela from prison came a proliferation of large-scale live broadcasts as the country was permitted to return to international competition, and its re-admittance was played out on television screens across the world. These events were pivotal in shaping and consolidating the country’s emerging post-apartheid national identity. Broadcasting the End of Apartheid assesses the socio-political effects of live broadcasting on South Africa’s transition to democracy. Martha Evans argues that just as print media had a powerful influence on the development of Afrikaner nationalism, so the ‘liveness’ of television helped to consolidate the post-apartheid South African national identity.