The rise and demise of Scope magazine: a media-historical perspective

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The rise and demise of Scope

magazine: A media-historical

perspective

Johannes Froneman

Version of record first published: 03 Mar 2011.

To cite this article: Johannes Froneman (2011): The rise and demise of Scope magazine: A

media-historical perspective, Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies, 32:1, 49-65

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