Boon or Bane? The rise of tabloidisation and implications for the quality press in South Africa

There is growing concern the world over that serious and analytical
or “qualityÀ newspapers are becoming less and less serious in
their treatment of day-to-day issues and taking on features that
resemble the tabloids in a development that is known as
“tabloidisation.À Some argue that the success of tabloid papers,
which thrive on sensationalism, scandal, sport and infotainment,
has forced the quality press to water down their content in order
to suit commercial demands at the expense of serving the public
interest. By first exploring the meanings and origins of the concepts
of “quality pressÀ, “tabloidsÀ and “tabloidisationÀ, this paper seeks
to address the question of whether tabloids can make a positive
contribution to society.

Publisher: Gender Links
Edition: 3rd Edition
Year of Publication: 2007
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