Authored Book
Hadland A (2025) Christmas with Nelson Mandela. Low Battery Books.
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Adrian Hadland was a professional journalist for more than 15 years based mainly in South Africa but also covering events in Africa, Asia, the US and in Europe. He has published 17 books including biographies/memoirs of Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki, Kader Asmal and Napoleon Bonaparte along with a number of scholarly texts on and about journalism. HIs most recent monograph is "Media-State Relations in Emerging Democracies (Palgrave 2015). He worked in the policy environment in South Africa as Director of the Democracy and Governance Programme at the Human Sciences Research Council and was also an elected member of the South African Press Ombudsman's Appeal Panel. He has consulted for the World Bank and for the United Nations Development Programme. After spending a few years teaching in mainland China where he was Head of the International Communications Division at the University of Nottingham Ningbo, he is currently Head of Division: Communications, Media & Culture, at the 我要吃瓜 in the UK.
Journalism; comparative media systems; digital journalism; democracy; mobile phones and journalism; ethics; photography; biographical writing; non-fiction. Questionnaire for 2016 Survey of World Press Photo (WPP) Photographers
Outputs (49)
Article
Precarity and Inequity in the Global Photography Sector
Hadland A, Pixley T & Smith-Rodden M (2024) Precarity and Inequity in the Global Photography Sector. Visual Communication Quarterly.
Article
South African Media and Politics: Is the Three Models Approach Still Valid After Two Decades?
Jones B & Hadland A (2024) South African Media and Politics: Is the Three Models Approach Still Valid After Two Decades?. Media and Communication, 12 (Special Issue: Communication Policies and Media Systems: Revisiting Hallin and Mancini’s Model), Art. No.: 7723. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.7723
Research Report
Pixley T, Smith-Rodden M, Campbell D & Hadland A (2022) The State Of Photography 2022. Knight Foundation. USA. https://www.catchlight.io/news/2022/5/2/the-state-of-photography-2022-report#:~:text=The%20State%20of%20Photography%202022%20Report%2C%20authored%20by%20Tara%20Pixley,experiences%20of%20imagemakers%20from%20historically
Book Chapter
The State of Sport Photojournalism: Concepts, practice and challenges
Haynes R, Hadland A & Lambert P (2021) The State of Sport Photojournalism: Concepts, practice and challenges. In: Boyle R (ed.) Changing Sports Journalism Practice in the Age of Digital Media. 1 ed. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 144-159. https://www.routledge.com/Changing-Sports-Journalism-Practice-in-the-Age-of-Digital-Media/Boyle/p/book/9781032089980
Book Chapter
A survey of Chinese photojournalists: Identities, work conditions and attitudes in the digital age
Zhang SI & Hadland A (2021) A survey of Chinese photojournalists: Identities, work conditions and attitudes in the digital age. In: Liu NX, Veecock C & Zhang SI (eds.) Chinese News Discourse: From Perspectives of Communication, Linguistics and Pedagogy. Routledge Studies in Chinese Discourse Analysis. London: Routledge, pp. 43-61. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003032984-5
Article
Mobile phones and the news: How UK mainstream news broadcasting is stalling the video revolution
Hadland A, Borges Rey E & Cameron J (2019) Mobile phones and the news: How UK mainstream news broadcasting is stalling the video revolution. Convergence, 25 (3), pp. 428-448. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354856517703964
Research Report
The State of News Photography 2018
Hadland A & Barnett C (2018) The State of News Photography 2018. World Press Photo Foundation. Amsterdam. https://www.worldpressphoto.org/getmedia/4f811d9d-ebc7-4b0b-a417-f119f6c49a15/the_state_of_news_photography_2018.pdf
Article
The gender crisis in professional photojournalism: demise of the female gaze?
Hadland A & Barnett C (2018) The gender crisis in professional photojournalism: demise of the female gaze?. Journalism Studies, 19 (13), pp. 2011-2020. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2018.1500871
Article
The State Of Sport Photojournalism: Concepts, practice and challenges
Haynes R, Hadland A & Lambert P (2017) The State Of Sport Photojournalism: Concepts, practice and challenges. Digital Journalism, 5 (5), pp. 636-651. https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2016.1243453
Research Report
The State of News Photography 2016
Hadland A, Lambert P & Barnett C (2016) The State of News Photography 2016. World Press Photo. http://www.worldpressphoto.org/activities/research/state-news-photography-2016
Article
The Future of Professional Photojournalism: Perceptions of Risk
Hadland A, Lambert P & Campbell D (2016) The Future of Professional Photojournalism: Perceptions of Risk. Journalism Practice, 10 (7), pp. 820-832. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2016.1163236
Article
Risk and Journalism in the Digital Age
Hadland A (2015) Risk and Journalism in the Digital Age. African Journalism Studies, 36 (1), pp. 129-134. https://doi.org/10.1080/23743670.2015.1008179
Authored Book
Media-State Relations in Emerging Democracies
Hadland A (2015) Media-State Relations in Emerging Democracies. Basingstoke UK: Palgrave MacMillan. http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/media-state-relations-in-emerging-democracies-adrian-hadland/?sf1=barcode&st1=9781137493484
Research Report
The State of News Photography: The Lives and Livelihoods of Photojournalists in the Digital Age
Hadland A, Campbell D & Lambert P (2015) The State of News Photography: The Lives and Livelihoods of Photojournalists in the Digital Age. World Press Photo Foundation. Oxford University's Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. http://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/publication/state-news-photography-lives-and-livelihoods-photojournalists-digital-age
Newspaper / Magazine
Great Firewall of China tasked with keeping Hong Kong conflagration in check
Hadland A (2014) Great Firewall of China tasked with keeping Hong Kong conflagration in check. The Conversation. 30.09.2014. https://theconversation.com/great-firewall-of-china-tasked-with-keeping-hong-kong-conflagration-in-check-32288
Article
Hadland A (2012) If the hat fits: Revisiting Chinese "neo-imperialism" in Africa from a comparative historical perspective. Asian Politics and Policy, 4 (4), pp. 467-485. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1943-0787.2012.01372.x
Article
Special Issue: Media and the State: China and Beyond: Theoretical Overview and Introduction
Hadland A (2012) Special Issue: Media and the State: China and Beyond: Theoretical Overview and Introduction. Chinese Journal of Communication, 5 (3), pp. 253-261. https://doi.org/10.1080/17544750.2012.701413
Article
The "paradox of commercialization" and its impact on media-state relations in China and South Africa
Hadland A & Zhang SI (2012) The "paradox of commercialization" and its impact on media-state relations in China and South Africa. Chinese Journal of Communication, 5 (3), pp. 316-335. https://doi.org/10.1080/17544750.2012.701422
Book Chapter
Africanizing Three Models of Media and Politics
Hadland A (2011) Africanizing Three Models of Media and Politics. In: Hallin D & Mancini P (eds.) Comparing Media Systems Beyond the Western World:The South African Experience. Communication, Society and Politics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 96-118. http://ebooks.cambridge.org/ebook.jsf?bid=CBO9781139005098
Authored Book
Kader Asmal: Politics in My Blood - A Memoir
Asmal K & Hadland A (2011) Kader Asmal: Politics in My Blood - A Memoir. Auckland Park South Africa: Jacana. http://www.jacana.co.za/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage-ask.tpl&category_id=27&product_id=590&vmcchk=1&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=200
Article
Hadland A (2010) Shooting the messenger: Mediating the public and the role of the media in South Africa's xenophobic violence. Africa Development, 35 (3), pp. 119-143. http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ad/article/view/70210
Book Chapter
A Perspective from the South: Triggers and Signs of Change
Hadland A (2010) A Perspective from the South: Triggers and Signs of Change. In: Dobek-Ostrowska B, Glowacki M, Jakubowicz K & Sukosd M (eds.) Comparative Media Systems: European and Global Perspective. Budapest, Hungary: Central European University Press, pp. 77-96. http://www.ceupress.com/books/html/Comparative-Media-Systems.htm
Authored Book
Tsireledzani: Understanding the dimensions of human trafficking in Southern Africa
Allais C, Combrinck H, Connors D, Jansen van Rensburg M, Tilley V, Sithole P, Wentzel M, Barolsky V, Hadland A & Ncoyini V (2010) Tsireledzani: Understanding the dimensions of human trafficking in Southern Africa. Cape Town: Human Sciences Research Council. http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/research-outputs/view/4940
Edited Book
Power, Politics and Identity in South African Media
Hadland A, Louw E, Sesanti S & Wasserman H (eds.) (2008) Power, Politics and Identity in South African Media. Cape Town South Africa: HSRC Press. http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/product.php?productid=2222
Article
Satisfaction with the way democracy is working in post-apartheid South Africa
Davids YD & Hadland A (2008) Satisfaction with the way democracy is working in post-apartheid South Africa. Politikon, 35 (3), pp. 277-291. https://doi.org/10.1080/02589340903017924
Article
Challenging patriarchal scripts? A gender analysis of South Africa's community print media
Sanger N & Hadland A (2008) Challenging patriarchal scripts? A gender analysis of South Africa's community print media. Agenda, 22 (77), pp. 4-17. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10130950.2008.9674951#preview
Article
The "Third Arm": New forms of paid-for content in the South African print media
Cowling L, Hadland A & Tabe BFT (2008) The "Third Arm": New forms of paid-for content in the South African print media. Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies, 29 (1), pp. 100-119. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02560054.2008.9653377#preview
Book Chapter
Cowling L & Hadland A (2008) Surveys and Supplements. In: Berger G & Barratt E (eds.) The Extraordinary Editor: A Handbook for South African media leaders. Johannesburg, South Africa: South African National Editors' Forum (SANEF), p. 124.
Article
Hadland A (2007) State-media relations in post-apartheid South Africa: an application of comparative media systems theory. Communicare: Journal for Communication Sciences in Southern Africa, 26 (2), pp. 1-17. http://www.sabinet.co.za/abstracts/comcare/comcare_v26_n2_a3.html
Article
Artists’ Signatures on prints: Origins, uses and abuses with reference to South African examples
Hadland A, Dolby J & Prosalendis S (2007) Artists’ Signatures on prints: Origins, uses and abuses with reference to South African examples. De Arte, 42 (75), pp. 15-24. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00043389.2007.11877067; https://doi.org/10.1080/00043389.2007.11877067
Authored Book
Advertising in the News: Paid-for Content and the South African Print Media
Hadland A, Cowling L & Tabe BFT (2007) Advertising in the News: Paid-for Content and the South African Print Media. Cape Town South Africa: HSRC Press.
Authored Book
Hadland A, Aldridge M & Ogada J (2007) Re-visioning Television: Policy, Strategy and Models for Sustainable Development of Community Television in South Africa. Cape Town South Africa: HSRC Press. http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/product.php?productid=2171
Edited Book
Visions of Black Economic Empowerment
Mangcu X, Marcus G, Shubane K & Hadland A (eds.) (2007) Visions of Black Economic Empowerment. Auckland Park South Africa: Jacana. http://www.jacana.co.za/index.php?page=shop.product_details&product_id=211&flypage=flypage-ask.tpl&pop=0&vmcchk=1&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=161
Edited Book
Changing the Fourth Estate: Essays on South African Journalism
Hadland A (ed.) (2005) Changing the Fourth Estate: Essays on South African Journalism. Cape Town South Africa: HSRC Press. http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/product.php?productid=2092
Edited Book
Childhood: South Africans recall their past
Hadland A (ed.) (2005) Childhood: South Africans recall their past. South Africa: Penguin.
Book Chapter
Rainbow Voices: Diversifying Media in a New Democracy - The South African Experience
Hadland A (2005) Rainbow Voices: Diversifying Media in a New Democracy - The South African Experience. In: Kasenally R & Bunwaree S (eds.) Media and Democracy in an Age of Transition. Mauritius: OSSREA Mauritius Chapter, pp. 331-357.
Authored Book
Hadland A (2005) Napoleon. London: Short Books.
Article
Looking for a new South African journalism: Is the next generation ready for the challenge?
Hadland A (2005) Looking for a new South African journalism: Is the next generation ready for the challenge?. Communicare: Journal for Communication Sciences in Southern Africa, 24 (2), pp. 133-138. https://journals.co.za/content/comcare/24/2/EJC27668
Article
Hadland A (2005) The South African Newspaper and Printing Industry and its Impact on the Industrial Conciliation Act of 1924. Historia, 50 (2), pp. 149-178. http://content.ajarchive.org/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=/0018229X&CISOSTART=1,101
Article
The world paper famine and the South African Press, 1938-1955
Hadland A (2005) The world paper famine and the South African Press, 1938-1955. South African Journal of Economic History, 20 (1), pp. 40-64. https://doi.org/10.1080/10113430509511178
Authored Book
The People's Voice: The development and current state of the South African small media sector
Hadland A & Thorne K (2004) The People's Voice: The development and current state of the South African small media sector. Cape Town South Africa: HSRC Press. http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/product.php?productid=2017
Authored Book
Who Was . . . Nelson Mandela: The Prisoner who became a President
Hadland A (2003) Who Was . . . Nelson Mandela: The Prisoner who became a President. Who was series. London: Short Books. http://shortbooks.co.uk/book/who-was-nelson-mandela
Book Chapter
Hadland A (2003) Nelson Mandela: A Life. In: Asmal K, Chidester D & James W (eds.) Nelson Mandela: From Freedom to the Future – tributes and speeches. Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Authored Book
Hadland A (2001) Desmond Tutu. They fought for freedom. Cape Town South Africa: Maskew Miller Longman. http://www.mml.co.za/book/9780636048676
Authored Book
Hadland A & Rantao J (2000) Thabo Mbeki. They fought for freedom. Cape Town South Africa: Maskew Miller Longman. http://www.mml.co.za/book/9780636043633
Authored Book
The Life and Times of Thabo Mbeki
Hadland A & Rantao J (1999) The Life and Times of Thabo Mbeki. Cape Town South Africa: Zebra Press.
Book Chapter
After Hong Kong, Taiwan Resists Growing Pressure to Unify
Hadland A (1998) After Hong Kong, Taiwan Resists Growing Pressure to Unify. In: Chen CJ (ed.) After Hong Kong: Whither Taiwan? World Press Perspectives on the Republic of China's Future in the Wake of the Hong Kong Transition. Taipei: Government Information Office.
Edited Book
Business Day Directory of Business and Politics in South Africa
Hadland A (ed.) (1995) Business Day Directory of Business and Politics in South Africa. Struick Business Library. Wynberg, Sandton, South Africa: Struik Book Distributor.