{"id":5018,"date":"2025-06-19T22:45:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T22:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/south-african-sign-language-sasl-interpreter-portrayal-on-sabc-1-news-bulletin-what-do-viewers-think\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T03:19:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T03:19:56","slug":"south-african-sign-language-sasl-interpreter-portrayal-on-sabc-1-news-bulletin-what-do-viewers-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/south-african-sign-language-sasl-interpreter-portrayal-on-sabc-1-news-bulletin-what-do-viewers-think\/","title":{"rendered":"South African Sign Language (SASL) Interpreter Portrayal on SABC 1 News Bulletin: What Do Viewers Think?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: <strong>South African Sign Language (SASL) Interpreter Portrayal on SABC 1 News Bulletin: What Do Viewers Think?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Original Article Link: <a href='https:\/\/journals.dut.ac.za\/index.php\/ajims\/article\/view\/1186' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download PDF: <a href='https:\/\/journals.dut.ac.za\/index.php\/ajims\/article\/view\/1186\/973' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Click Here to Download PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Abstract<\/h2>\n<p>Television Sign Language (SL) Interpreters play a vital role in providing the Deaf community with access to information and knowledge in their primary language,Sign Language. This helps the Deaf community stay informed regarding events in their local and global environment, contributing to their development. However, a lack of research exists on SL interpreters on television. With on-screen placement of SL interpreters during news broadcasts being the primary focus in previous studies, this paper attempts to offer a unique contribution from an audience perception examination of South African Sign Language (SASL) interpreter portrayal in newscasts and its impact. The research, conducted on the SABC 1 news bulletin, employed a qualitative method and purposive sampling. Twelve participants, divided into four categories \u2013 Deaf, Hard of hearing, hearing, and SASL interpreters participated in the study through virtual interviews as data collection method. The study findings indicate the portrayal of SASL interpreters on television reflects the discrimination, inequality, and disrespect faced by the Deaf community.<\/p>\n<h2>Authors<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Silindile Ntombela (Durban University of Technology, South Africa)<\/li>\n<li>Maleshoane Rapeane-Mathonsi (Durban University of Technology, South Africa)<\/li>\n<li>Lit\u0161episo Matlosa (Durban University of Technology, South Africa)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Keywords<\/h2>\n<p>sign language interpreters, South African sign language, deaf community, on-screen placement<\/p>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n<p>References not available for this article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: South African Sign Language (SASL) Interpreter Portrayal on SABC 1 News Bulletin: What Do&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[2153,1511,1512,1509,1510],"class_list":["post-5018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-ajims","tag-deaf-community","tag-on-screen-placement","tag-sign-language-interpreters","tag-south-african-sign-language","wpcat-124-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>South African Sign Language (SASL) Interpreter Portrayal on SABC 1 News Bulletin: What Do Viewers Think? 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