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Publication details [#51917]

Fourie, Lynnette M. 2008. South African election posters: Reflecting the maturing of a democracy? Communicatio: South African Journal for Communication Theory and Research 34 (2) : 222–237.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

developing nation | political discussion | political slogan | political system | value

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This paper argues that South African election posters, rendering party campaign headlines, reflect the maturing of South African democracy since 1999, in the sense of a greater focus on democratisation issues and African values.