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Race and the management of talk in an online discussion list.
(2011)Since its inception the internet has grown to have an all pervasive impact on social life, affecting the private, socio-cultural, economic and political aspects of human existence. An email discussion list hosted on the ... -
Race, gender and intelligence : a comparative study of Black, White and Indian students' lay theories of intelligence.
(2006)This study investigated Black, White, and Indian South African university students' lay theories of intelligence. 260 students participated in this study, with an age range of 18 - 39 years. The study, which is based on ... -
Racial orientation, perceptions of social stratification and self- esteem in South African children.
(1997)The recent and past history of South Africa make this an ideal setting for the study of attitudes of children towards themselves, their own race group and other groups. This research examines self-esteem, perceived social ... -
Radio crosses divides through sport : the role of radio in a post-apartheid South Africa, 1994-2002 : a case study on Ukhozi FM and Umhlobo Wenene FM.
(2003)This study will examine the role sport plays in a new democratic South Africa between the periods 1994-2002. Its objective is to look at how sport can be used, through the medium of radio, as a unifying activity in the ... -
Radio Lesotho in a changing broadcasting environment.
(2003)The Kingdom of Lesotho undertook a number of liberalisation initiatives in broadcasting in the late 1990s. These include several attempts to formulate the media policy document as well as the opening of the airwaves for ... -
Rape survivors’ experiences of helpful and unhelpful counselling aspects.
(2018)The purpose of this study was to explore the counselling aspects perceived to be helpful and unhelpful by rape survivors in South Africa. While there is some existing South African literature on rape and the efficacy of ... -
The rate of substance use and associated risk factors among high school students in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2016)This study investigated the rate and predictors, as suggested by the prototype-willingness model, of adolescent substance use among a sample high school students from the eThekwini and Ugu regions of KwaZulu-Natal. Through ... -
(Re)constructing the autonomous self : an empirical feminist inquiry into gender and the autonomy ideal.
(2006)Informed consent procedures are an essential part of the ethical conduct of research, including clinical trials. The principle of autonomy justifies this process. However, it is clear that conventional assumptions about ... -
(Re)positioning communication for enhanced multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment adherence in South Africa: towards an integrated communication model for young women.
(2019)Tuberculosis (TB) is a significant public health threat in South Africa, which has been the leading cause of natural mortality over many years (Statistics South Africa 2018; Statistics South Africa 2017; ENCA 2015a). ... -
Re-imagining possibilities for minimal groups : extending the two-group paradigm.
(2014)By stripping the social setting of many of its key features – including social interaction – the minimal group studies aimed to discover the basic conditions under which ingroup bias would occur. The studies found that ... -
The re-presentation of an Indian identity by South African print media : a case study of The Leader 1 April - 25 April 1994.
(1995)In the Kwa-Zulu Natal context, a lot of attention has been paid to the construction of Zulu ethnicity in the potential and discursive spheres. Less attention has been paid however to the construction of Indian ethnicity ... -
Reading modern ethnographic photography : a semiotic analysis of Kalahari Bushmen photographs by Paul Weinberg and Sian Dunn.
(2002)Indigenous communities, like the Bushmen of the Southern Kalahari, always attract visitors who 'go there' to experience the 'life out there'. Travelling in their 4x4s, these visitors also bring cameras and take pictures ... -
Reading texts, reading one's self : exploring young South Africans' sense of identity.
(2007)The title of this research project is Reading Texts, Reading One'self: Exploring Young South African's Sense of Identity. The project entailed working with a group of young people in a reading group, using a text by Zakes ... -
Real boys : concepts of masculinity among school teachers.
(2002)Internationally research on masculinity in schools has become an area of increasing interest. Little such research has been carried out in South Africa. This thesis investigates teachers' perceptions of masculinity in a ... -
A reception analysis of Soul city beyond South Africa : the case of Choose Life in Lesotho.
(2005)This thesis examines the reception of material developed by Soul City: Institute for Health and Development in South Africa and distributed in four Sub-Saharan countries: Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Namibia. Soul City ... -
Reconstructing masculinities? : a social-psychological approach to participation and masculinities in the context of HIV.
(2015)Increasingly policy and programmatic responses to HIV and AIDS and intimate partner violence (IPV) are focusing on engaging and working with men and boys as a way to reduce HIV-risk and IPV through transforming gender ... -
The relationship between achievement motivation and job satisfaction.
(2012)The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between achievement motivation and job satisfaction. The impact of demographic data (i.e. race, gender, age and tenure) on both achievement motivation and job ... -
The relationship between attitudes and prevention knowledge of HIV/AIDS amoung matriculation students.
(2004)The present study sought to understand the relationship between attitudes and prevention knowledge of HIV I AIDS among matriculation students. HIV infection rates has reached epidemic proportions in South Africa and has ... -
The relationship between bullying and trauma among adolescent male learners.
(2009)Aim: This study investigated the nature and extent of the relationship between bullying and trauma among male adolescent learners. Trauma was operationalised through the constructs of posttraumatic stress, anxiety, depression, ...