A critical analysis of media discourse on the South African broadband policy

Broadband Internet access promises a number of socio-economic benefits to citizens of developing countries like South Africa (SA). However poor policy outcomes of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), particularly in the area of poverty alleviation are evident in SA. This study utilizes Citation Analysis and Habermasien Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) for understanding media discourse on the SA Broadband Policy formulation process and focuses on the impact and implications of the discourse. Highlighting distortions in these discourses will enable the general public and decision makers to formulate a better informed opinion and should facilitate better understanding and decision making on the costs, need and relevance of broadband access.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Information Systems

Year dc:date.issued

2011

Author dc:creator

• Vergeer, Johannes Willem

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10724

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10724