Shades of Prejudice: An Investigation into the South African Media's Coverage of Racial Violence and Xenophobia

Shades of Prejudice: An Investigation into the South African Media's Coverage of Racial Violence and Xenophobia

This report appears as part of the broader Race in Transition Series of the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR). The report reveals the results of an extensive monitoring project of 4500 newspaper articles relating to racial incidents in South Africa over an eight-year period, starting with the advent of democracy in 1994.

 

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Jack Fine
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Jack Fine is a research and policy coordinator at Buffalo City Municipality

William Bird
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William Bird is the director of Media Monitoring Africa, a media monitoring watchdog.

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