Browsing Masters Degrees (Centre for Communication, Media and Society) by Title
Now showing items 79-98 of 123
-
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 ... -
Open sesame! : learning life skills from Takalani Sesame : a reception study of selected grade one learners in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
(2011)Early Childhood Development (ECD) programmes are important in the promotion of intellectual development and school readiness in children. Equally important is the opportunity to learn in one‟s mother tongue. This study ... -
Ownership and control in community radio : a case study of Highway Radio and Radio Maritzburg.
(2004)This research discusses the basic characteristics of community radio in relation to the types of communities they serve. The researcher focussed on Highway Radio and Radio Maritzburg. They are assessed in terms of their ... -
The paradox of nation-building and commercially driven broadcasting : the case of Lesotho television.
(2001)Nation-building has always been considered the responsibility of a public service broadcaster while, on the other hand, commercial broadcasters are associated with profitmaking. This study was designed to investigate whether ... -
Parent-adolescent communication on risky sexual behaviour : facilitators and barriers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2017)The consequences of adolescent risk-taking behaviours such as HIV/AIDs, teenage pregnancies, STIs, and depression have become a challenging health concern not only to themselves but to society at large. The adolescent stage ... -
Participatory communication for social change : normative validity and descriptive accuracy of stakeholder theory.
(2011)There is consensus in the development communication field about community participation being a holistic approach required to address social development challenges. Participatory development, also known as another ... -
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 ... -
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. ... -
Purchasing a personality : a case study of cellular phone consumption by South African students at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
(2009)This dissertation examines youth consumer culture in South Africa through a case study of cellular phone consumption. The hypothesis is that it is possible to draw some conclusions about identity formation, particularly ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Representation of the matriarch in South African soap opera: a case study of Uzalo.
(2017)The portrayal of strong female characters, often known as matriarchs, is one of the conventions of the soap opera genre. The genre is considered a ‘female genre’ based on the regular depiction of powerful, influential and ... -
Representing the empowered Black woman : a semiotic analysis of Truelove and Destiny magazine front covers in 2016.
(2017)This research discovers and identifies how South African women’s magazines, namely Truelove and Destiny magazines, communicate and represent the myth of black women’s empowerment on their magazine front covers. Women’s ... -
Reviving 'white elephants' : a culture-centred approach to the African Ivory Route Tourism Patnership.
(2013)This study explores the relationship between the government, private sector and local communities (public-private-community), through tourism and a culture-centered approach to communication for social change. Its focus ... -
Ripples of empowerment? : exploring the role of participatory development communication in the Biesje Poort Rock Art recording project.
(2012)This research focuses on a rock art recording process as a possible social development project from a Communication for Participatory Development perspective. The study is part of and builds on the wider National Heritage ... -
Rise of the Otaku : investigating the anime fandom in South Africa.
This ethnographic research project is an empirical investigation into the nature of the anime subculture and the practices of its fans (popularly known as ‘otaku’ in Japanese culture) in South Africa. Subcultural theory ...