The 1995 Rugby World Cup and the politics of nation-building in South Africa

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The 1995 Rugby World Cup, held in South Africa, involved the media's articulation of centrality to the project of nation-building. Among those who supported this message were politicians and the team. The event occurred one year after the country's first democratic elections and involved a historic connection to he apartheid regime.

Social aspects, South Africa, Patriotism, World Cup (Rugby football), 1995 AD

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Chasing the real: 'employability' and the media studies curriculum

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The subject of media studies in the UK has experienced massive and rapid growth in secondary and higher educational institutions. The public image of the field as embodied in recurrent cycles of press and related media coverage has tended to denigrate, question and contest its legitimacy.

United Kingdom, Evaluation, Communications industry, Mass media, Media programs, Media programs (Education)

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