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Fox, Tom 2014-06-26T08:12:56Z 2014-06-26T08:12:56Z 2012 Fox, T. (2012). Mass media, lifestyle and young adults’ (un)reflexive negotiation of social and individual identities in Windhoek. Online publication. Stellenbosch: University of Stellenbosch. http://hdl.handle.net/11070/990 Dissertation presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Journalism) at Stellenbosch University The rapidly growing presence of old and new media in postcolonial Namibia, particularly from the decade after the turn of the Millennium, has significance for cultural and identity transformations in the country. Formerly entrenched social identities, shaped by restrictive colonialism and indigenous traditions, appear to be under pressure as shifts become apparent in the face of globalisation.This thesis examines the characteristics of change from the perspective of young adults’ mediated experiences in the city of Windhoek. The research constitutes a cultural study that addresses the current knowledge gap regarding how growing local and global media presences are increasingly situated in youth identity and cultural lifestyle spaces. Degrees of reflexive response to mediated information and entertainment are examined in an attempt to understand awareness of and reaction to local and global power narratives situated in actors’ relationships with media. It was found that participants responded positively to the novelty and opportunities that global media offered for identity and lifestyle negotiations, while also revealing ontological anxieties about erosion of ‘traditional’ culture, and concern about absence of recognition and representation of the ‘local’ in global media productions. This led to the research conceptually establishing three participant orientations to media: cultural expropriationist, cultural traditionalist and cultural representationalist. The study concluded that while media seemed to be instrumental in identity and cultural change, social tension over matters of culture appeared to be emerging. Stellenbosch University http://scholar.sun.ac.za en University of Stellenbosch http://scholar.sun.ac.za Mass Media Post colonial Namibia Young adult identities Mass media and individual lifestyle Mass media, lifestyle and young adults’ (un)reflexive negotiation of social and individual identities in Windhoek Thesismetadata.only