Description
Book SynopsisThis edited collection examines women journalists’ experiences and obstacles in South Africa’s (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.
Table of Contents1 Introduction
2 The Triple Oppressions: Race, Class and Gender in South African Journalism
3 Reporting Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: A Decolonial Gaze on Women Journalists in South Africa
4 Glass Ceilings: Cybermisogyny is a Sign of Unchecked Sexism in Media and Newsrooms
5 The Hounding
6 Threats to Rape and Kill Me
7 Building Media Credibility and Ethics in South Africa: A Way Forward from the Margins
8 The Gender Pay Gap in the South African Media Sector
9 The Marginalisation of Women’s Voices in News Stories: Thoughts on a Way Forward
10 Reflections: Re-imagining Journalism for a Feminist Future
