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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Communication Sciences,African Studies |
| Keywords | Global Media, African Media, Media Ethics, Journalism Studies |
| Honours and awards | 2020: Fellow of the International Communication Association 2018: Neva Prize for Journalism Theory, University of St Petersburg 2018: Stals Prize for Humanities, South African Academy for Science and Arts 2017: Georg Foster Award (AvH Stiftung) |
Current contact address
| Country | South Africa |
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| City | Stellenbosch |
| Institution | Stellenbosch University |
| Institute | Department of Journalism |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Thomas Hanitzsch | Institut für Kommunikationswissenschaft und Medienforschung, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München |
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| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/01/2018 |
Programme(s)
| 2017 | Georg Forster Research Award Programme |
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Nominator's project description
| Professor Wasserman is a leading scholar of South African media, society and culture in the post-apartheid era. He has made significant contributions to the understanding of African journalism and media within a shifting global geopolitical context. His recent work specifically focuses on China-Africa relations and South Africa’s position within the BRICS group of emerging nations. During his stay in Germany, he continues his comparative work on the structural transformation faced by journalism on a global scale, with particular attention paid to the specific political and economic contextualities in African societies. |
Publications (partial selection)
| 2018 | Herman Wasserman: China-Africa media relations: What we know so far. In: Global Media and China, 2018, 108-112 |
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| 2018 | Herman Wasserman, Tanja Bosch, Wallace Chuma: Communication from above and below: Media, Protest and Democracy. In: Politikon - South African Journal of Political Studies, 2018, 368-386 |
| 2018 | Herman Wasserman, Dani Madrid-Morales: How Influential Are Chinese Media in Africa? An Audience Analysis in Kenya and South Africa. In: International Journal of Communication, 2018, 2212-2231 |
| 2018 | Herman Wasserman: Media, Geopolitics, and Power: A View from the Global South. University of Illinois Press, 2018 |
| 2018 | Herman Wasserman: Power, Meaning and Geopolitics: Ehtics as an Entry Point for Global Communication Studies. In: Journal of Communication, 2018, 441-451 |