Data · dataset · 2025
South Africa's Network Media Economy: Growth, Concentration and Upheaval 2017-2024
Listed in Borealis
This data accompanies a report which analyzes media and internet market concentration in South Africa from 2017–2024 across 16 industries, combining qualitative and quantitative data.
Description
It finds persistent dominance in telecoms, broadcasting, and core internet services—such as Telkom in wireline, Vodacom and MTN in mobile, MultiChoice in pay-TV, and Media24 in print—while disruptive technologies, international platforms (e.g., WhatsApp, Starlink, Netflix), and rising internet access are gradually challenging these entrenched players.
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Where it is published
- Dataverse dataset page borealisdata.ca/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi%3A10.5683%2FSP3%2FUWXDVC ↗
landing page · from borealisdata ca
- DOI doi.org/10.5683/sp3/uwxdvc ↗
DOI / persistent id · from borealisdata ca
Catalogue records · 1
- Dataverse API borealisdata.ca/api/datasets/:persistentId/?persistentId=doi%3A10.5683%2FSP3%2… ↗
metadata API · from borealisdata ca
Topics
- Stated by source
- Business and Management · Law · Social Sciences
- From keywords
- Economics & Finance · Engineering · Humanities · Social Science
- Inferred from text
- Media industry studies 76%
Provenance · 1 source records, 14 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Borealis | doi:10.5683/SP3/UWXDVC | 13 d ago | JSON v1 |
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| concepts[field].anzsrc:field:470106 | enrichment · borealisdata ca | taxonomy-embedding@1.1.0 | title+keywords+description (76%) |
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| concepts[field].dataverse_subject:law | source · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | /subjects |
| concepts[field].dataverse_subject:social-sciences | source · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | /subjects |
| concepts[field].local:field:economics-finance | mapping · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | /subjects |
| concepts[field].local:field:engineering | mapping · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | /subjects |
| concepts[field].local:field:humanities | mapping · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | /subjects |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | /subjects |
| created_date | source · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | /description |
| publication_date | source · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | /name |
| updated_date | source · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 |