Begging, borrowing, stealing: The context for media plagiarism in twenty-first century South Africa.
This article argues that the media plagiarism scandals in South Africa in 2003 reveal and reflect larger shifts in media behaviour. Structural changes to media employment in the new South Africa and the resulting pressures on writers have contributed to the problems. The article considers problemati...
| Published in: | Critical Arts: A South-North Journal of Cultural & Media Studies Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 122 - 132 |
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2006
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