Masters Degrees (Society and Social Change)
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Gendered behaviour on social media: probing the role of Instagram in perpetuating the curvaceous body ideal.
(2018)The ambiguous messages conveyed by society through the media, particularly social media, have masked the extent to which such prescriptions and ideals harm and deter women from being their true selves. Internalisation ... -
Exploring the role that is played by race and ethnicity when it comes to influencing voting behaviour in South Africa: a study conducted among students at UKZN.
(2019)Race as a social construct still plays a major role when it comes to being a main factor motivating voters to vote in South Africa. Ethnicity does not fall far behind race as a motivating factor on voters. Ethnicity ... -
From need to greed through creed : the transformation of Al Qaeda terrorism in the Islamic Maghreb and the Sahel.
(2015)AQIM appeared on the Algerian landscape in 2007 after the merger between Al Qaeda and the Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC) with the objective of expanding its existing network in North Africa and the Sahel region. ... -
Child soldiers and the impact of violence and trauma on their psychosocial development in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
(2014)This study has reviewed psychological, social, economic and political literature, which focus on analysing and quantifying the Child Soldier (CS) phenomenon. It acknowledges the contributions made by lawmakers and theorists ... -
Four women, four chiefships : case studies in the divergent choices and negotiations with power of Amakhosikazi in nineteenth-century Natal.
(2014)Although women’s status, roles and leadership opportunities in precolonial southern Africa, including within the Zulu kingdom, have been contested amongst historians for several decades, this study focuses specifically on ... -
The changing role of media and its impact on conflict : an analysis of new media in the Arab Spring Uprising of Egypt 2011.
(2013)The Arab Spring Uprising of Egypt, that took place from the beginning of January 2011, received a considerable amount of attention from the media and broader international community. The Arab Spring Uprising of Egypt is ...