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Fashioning meaning: the graphic t-shirts of Butan Wear and Magents Lifestyle Apparel as alternative forms of socio-cultural communication about South African collective identities.
(2016)This dissertation explores the socio-cultural communication properties of the Butan Wear and Magents Lifestyle Apparel graphic t-shirts. As a study located in the field of communication and informed by Cultural Studies, ... -
A community media narrowcasting in Uganda : an assessment of community audio towers.
(2016)This thesis is about Community Audio Towers (CATs). CATs are small media platforms that use horn speakers hoisted on a long dry pole, an amplifier and a microphone to communicate daily village events. This study shows that ... -
Communicating AIDS : the coverage of HIV/AIDS discourse in two Ugandan newspapers, 1992-2011.
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Biodiversity messaging to generation Y students at the Durban University of Technology, KwaZulu-Natal.
(2016)This study deals with the intersection of three global influences that are rapidly changing our world; the first a looming environmental crisis or loss of biodiversity, the second the growing influence of a new generation ... -
Mass media, women and public life in Uganda : interrogating representation, interaction and engagement.
(2017)This study was motivated by the strides Uganda has made towards the growth of the media and women’s participation in public life. The puzzle is that this increased participation of women in public life is hardly captured ... -
The role of film in attitudinal change and behavioural rehabilitation of youth in conflict with the law: Winkie Direko Secure Care Centre and Tsotsi.
Youth are important human capital, and there is a shortage of research on young offenders within the South African context. The legal and the policy frameworks seek to achieve balance by reflecting societal concerns and ... -
Possibilities and limitations of Zazi community dialogues for social change to women in Zululand.
(2016)From Modernisation to Participatory Development paradigm, development scholars and agencies have influenced changes in knowledge and practice in the field of economic development and public health communication. Such changes ... -
Are we there yet : investigating the perceived causes of maternal mortalities in KwaNyuswa, Ezinqoleni Municipality.
(2016)Are We There Yet: Investigating the perceived causes of maternal mortalities in KwaNyuswa, Ezinqoleni Municipality. Studies conducted within Southern African countries link causes to the absence of the provision of maternal ... -
Microbicide acceptability and utility study : investigating perceptions of men and women across urban and rural settings in Durban and Nelspruit.
(2017)Women remain disproportionately infected by HIV, accounting for more than half of the global infected population. Biologically women are more susceptible to HIV infection than men, however, their vulnerability is aggravated ... -
Ukukhishwa kwezisu - ' taking out the stomach ' : young women's conversations about abortion in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2015)The World Health Organisation (WHO) (2004) estimates that 68 000 women die a year from injuries sustained during unsafe abortions. 38,000 of those women are estimated to be from Africa. 19 million of the 46 million abortion ... -
Glocalisation within the media landscape : a study of selected reality television franchises in South Africa and transnational broadcaster Multichoice.
(2017)Several debates have arisen on the concept of globalisation within diverse cultural backgrounds and its consequences on various aspects of culture and social life. These propelled the need for this study. Out of the desire ... -
Narrative comparison and popular appeal of South African television drama series : a textual analysis of Yizo Yizo and InterSexions.
(2014)This a textual analysis studies of narrative which examines the narrative structure and functions of two South African television drama series: Yizo Yizo and InterSexions. Both Yizo Yizo and InterSexions are part of the ... -
Media independence in Ghana : the case of the fourth republic.
(2015)The media is often referred to as the fourth estate with the objective of making it autonomous of some society players whose activities seem to sway it from its traditional role of advancing the course of public interest. ... -
Umbumbulu taxi drivers' attitudes concerning condom use and dual contraceptive use by their female partners.
(2015)Sub-Saharan Africa remains most severely affected by HIV/AIDS, with nearly one in every 20 adults living with HIV and accounting for 71% of people living with the disease worldwide However, according to UNAIDS at least 86% ... -
The production, distribution and reception of Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) reproductive health messages in Chikombedzi rural Zimbabwe.
This study explores the production and distribution of Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council’s (ZNFPC) female reproductive health communication messages and their reception by females in Chikombedzi, rural Zimbabwe. ... -
"ZAZI-Know your strength" : a reception analysis of contraceptive utilisation in correlation to unplanned and unwanted pregnancies among young female learners' in Umnini, KwaZulu-Natal.
Approximately 30% of teenage pregnancies are reported as unplanned in South Africa and KwaZulu-Natal, in particular, has one of the highest concentrations of teenage pregnancy. While there are advances made in addressing ... -
A content analysis into the framing and representation of 'corrective rape' in three South African newspapers.
“cor▪rec▪tive: intended to make something better” – The word has positive connotations as scientists and activists across disciplines spend their lives finding and developing remedies to problems which plague the planet. ... -
Assessing knowledge, attitudes and practices of KwaZulNatal health professionals towards men who have sex with men (MSM) : exploring access to mainstream public healthcare services.
Background: Healthcare institutions tend to ignore the role healthcare workers (HCWs) play in shaping perceptions of and responses to service uptake. Lack of appropriate HCW skills and their perceived attitudes towards ... -
Analysing audience reception on health reporting : an analysis of the eNCA news' coverage of the Ebola outbreak.
BBC News reports, an estimation of 28 607 recorded cases and 11 314 deaths caused by the Ebola virus. The deaths swept across six countries including Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria and the United States of ... -
Spectrum management in the global age : Zimbabwe's transition from analogue to digital broadcasting.
Abstract available in PDF file.
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