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Afro-sentiment on South African radio: the representation of African news on five national radio stations at the SABC
Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2025.
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/132606 Afro-sentiment on South African radio: the representation of African news on five national radio stations at the SABC Krige, Jakob Daniel Botma, Gabriel Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Journalism. Radio broadcasting -- South Africa News radio stations -- South Africa Afrocentrism -- South Africa Africa -- In mass media Public broadcasting -- South Africa South African Broadcasting Corporation Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media Africa -- Press coverage Mass media and public opinion Africa -- Foreign public opinion UCTD Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2025. Krige, J. 2025. Afro-sentiment on South African radio: The representation of African news on five national radio stations at the SABC. Unpublished masters thesis. Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University [online]. Available: https://scholar.sun.ac.za/items/6f6fa1df-4a91-4672-8fef-f880abbed719 ENGLISH ABSTRACT: There have been studies suggesting that news about Africa is not treated equally to news about elite nations, due to historically entrenched stereotypes and an over-arching negativity referred to as Afro-pessimism. This study explored the Afro-sentiment on radio news bulletins on five radio stations at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), focusing on how African news was presented over a two-week period on 5FM, Metro FM, Radio 2000, RSG and SAfm, by quantitatively and qualitatively analysing African news stories, as well as holding semi-structured interviews with gatekeepers at the SABC. Due to the varied needs of the study, it was conducted under a pragmatic umbrella, as it not only incorporated mixed methods for the different levels of analysis and semi-structured interviews, but also steered the research by utilising three varying theories, namely framing theory, gatekeeping theory and news values, to explore representation, content, as well as news selection processes, as it was believed that all three need to be understood, to understand the Afro-pessimism phenomena. The study found that the SABC broadcasts a balanced offering of African news when compared to previous studies, but that there was a high reliance on external news wires representative of elite nations like the BBC and Reuters, mostly due to a lack of proper physical resources and human resources. Additionally, the study found that much of SABC radio’s African news content presents elements that are considered to contribute to Afro-pessimism, and a small unit was found to contribute consistently to stereotyping of failure, reliance on elite nations, and negativity about future prospects. Other findings were that the SABC gatekeepers held a high awareness of continental relevance, and that they relied on a unique set of news values. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Talle navorsingstudies voer aan dat daar ʼn ongelykheid is in die wyse waarop nuus oor Afrika en nuus oor elite lande aangebied word, weens ʼn daargestelde geskiedkundige stereotipering en oorkoepelende negatiwiteit, wat bekend staan as Afro-pessimisme. Dié studie was ten doel om sogenaamde Afro-sentiment op radionuusbulletins op vyf radiostasies by die Suid-Afrikaanse Uitsaaikorporasie (SAUK) te ondersoek, deur te fokus op hoe Afrika-nuus oor die verloop van twee weke op 5FM, Metro FM, Radio 2000, RSG en SAfm aangebied is, deur nuusberigte kwantitatief en kwalitatief te ontleed, en ook deur gedeetelik-gestruktureerde onderhoude met “hekwagters” by die SAUK te doen. Weens die veelvuldige behoeftes van die navorsing, is dit onder ʼn pragmatiese paradigma behartig, aangesien dit ruimte geskep het om verskillende metodes toe te pas vir die verskillende vlakke van ontleding en onderhoude, sowel as die gebruik van drie uiteenlopende teorieë om die navorsing te rig, naamlik beraming, hekwagters, en nuuswaardes, om kwessies oor verteenwoordiging, inhoud en nuusinhoudsbesluite te verken. Dit vertrekpunt was dat al drie dié stappe verstaan moet word, om die Afro-pessimisme fenomeen te kan verduidelik. Die navorsing het bevind dat die SAUK kwantitatief ʼn goeie balans handhaaf in die aanbieding van Afrika-nuus, vergeleke met vorige navorsing, maar het ook getoon dat daar ʼn groot afhanklikheid is van eksterne nuusverskaffers wat verbind word met elite lande, soos die BBC en Reuters, hoofsaaklik weens ʼn tekort aan fisiese en menslike hulpbronne. Die navorsing het ook bevind dat daar in die Afrika-nuusaanbieding op die SAUK se radiostasies spore is van elemente wat bydra tot Afro-pessimisme, en ʼn klein gedeelte van die inhoud het voortdurend bygedra tot die stereotipering van mislukking, afhanklikheid van elite lande, en ʼn negatiewe voorutisig vir die vasteland. Ander bevindings is dat die SAUK-hekwagters ʼn hoë agting vir kontinentale relevansie handhaaf, en dat hulle daagliks staatmaak op ʼn unieke stel nuuswaardes. Masters 2025-06-11T12:53:00Z 2025-06-11T12:53:00Z 2025-03 Thesis https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/132606 en_ZA Stellenbosch University 149 pages : illustrations application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Radio broadcasting -- South Africa News radio stations -- South Africa Afrocentrism -- South Africa Africa -- In mass media Public broadcasting -- South Africa South African Broadcasting Corporation Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media Africa -- Press coverage Mass media and public opinion Africa -- Foreign public opinion UCTD Krige, Jakob Daniel Afro-sentiment on South African radio: the representation of African news on five national radio stations at the SABC |
| title | Afro-sentiment on South African radio: the representation of African news on five national radio stations at the SABC |
| title_full | Afro-sentiment on South African radio: the representation of African news on five national radio stations at the SABC |
| title_fullStr | Afro-sentiment on South African radio: the representation of African news on five national radio stations at the SABC |
| title_full_unstemmed | Afro-sentiment on South African radio: the representation of African news on five national radio stations at the SABC |
| title_short | Afro-sentiment on South African radio: the representation of African news on five national radio stations at the SABC |
| title_sort | afro sentiment on south african radio the representation of african news on five national radio stations at the sabc |
| topic | Radio broadcasting -- South Africa News radio stations -- South Africa Afrocentrism -- South Africa Africa -- In mass media Public broadcasting -- South Africa South African Broadcasting Corporation Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media Africa -- Press coverage Mass media and public opinion Africa -- Foreign public opinion UCTD |
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