Browsing Doctoral Degrees (Journalism) by Title
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Challenges for journalism education and training in a transforming society : a case study of three selected institutions in post-1994 South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigated the challenges for journalism education and training (JE&T) in a post-1994 transforming South Africa. Prior to 1994, South Africa had three distinct university systems with ... -
Citizen journalism and alternative media in Zimbabwe: An ethnographic study of citizen participation, newsmaking practices and discourses at AMH Voices
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT:Technologies such as the internet and mobile smartphones allow citizens to play an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analysing and disseminating news, thereby challenging the dominance ... -
Dispatches from the front : war reporting as news genre, with special reference to news flow
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2007-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: During Gulf War II, the American government implemented new media policies which, due to their potentially manipulative impact, became a subject of concern to academics, social commentators and the media ... -
From lab to fork? Press coverage and public (mis)perception of crop biotechnology in Uganda
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study explores the structure of the controversy surrounding genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Uganda. It focuses on how two local newspapers, the New Vision and the Daily Monitor, cover the ... -
Journalism, revolutionary technologies and preventing future harm: Proposing the flaming torch media ethics theory and the ten tenets field guide for responsible and ethical communication on science and technology’s cutting edge
(2022-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Revolutionary emerging technologies and new scientific discoveries can radically enhance human lives and capabilities, but can also disrupt and harm society – especially if they challenge prevailing world ... -
Making sense of the message: An analysis of the editor’s letter in three archetypal South African women’s magazines at the start of the 21st century
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The notion of a magazine as “social barometer” in a particular era is widely acknowledged. Moreover, it is argued that women’s magazines especially provide essential information about society and cultures, ... -
The manipulation of public opinion by state censorship of the media in South Africa (1974-1994)
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1997-12)AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Tussen die tydperk 1974 en 1994, terwyl blanke heerskappy in suidelike Afrika stelselmatig beeindig is en die blanke regering van Suid-Afrika die laaste domino in die reeks was wat geval het, het ... -
Manufacturing cultural capital : arts journalism at Die Burger (1990-1999)
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study examines the discursive role and positioning of arts journalism at Die Burger during a period of radical transformation in South African society. The study is conducted within a critical-cultural ... -
Mass media, lifestyle and young adults’ (un)reflexive negotiation of social and individual identities in Windhoek
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: 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 ... -
Media construction and representation of women in political leadership positions: A study of selected news media outlets in Nigeria
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Despite the growing acceptance of women’s political participation across the world, women in political leadership positions are still regarded as “others”. In Nigeria, just like in other parts of the ... -
Newswork in transition : An ethnography of Netwerk24
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study explores how journalists at Netwerk24, as Afrikaans news website and national newsroom, experience and describe newswork during a time of disruption and transition. Situated within the field ... -
The political role of black journalists in Post-apartheid South Africa : the case of the City Press – 1994 to 2004
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigated the political role of the City Press. black journalists in post-apartheid South Africa. Taking into consideration its ownership by a white media company, the study investigated ... -
The political role of the media in the democratisation of Malawi : the case of the Weekend Nation from 2002 to 2012
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : This study investigated the political role of the Weekend Nation newspaper in the democratisation of Malawi between 2002 and 2012 within the context of its foundational and ownership structures by ... -
Sites of remembrance and forgetting : new media (re)constructions of distinct Ndebele collective memory and history in the context of hegemonic Zimbabwean Nationalism
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study examines new media reconstructions of Ndebele collective memory and history in the context of hegemonic Zimbabwean Nationalism. Situated within the overlapping fields of cultural studies, ... -
The stars in our eyes: representations of the Square Kilometre Array telescope in the South African media
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-03)AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING : Die vierkantkilometer-radioteleskoop SKA (―Square Kilometre Array‖) sal na verwagting die grootste teleskoop op aarde en die grootste wetenskapprojek in Afrika wees. Hierdie verhandeling konsentreer ...
