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A Framing Analysis of #MeToo YouTube-based News Coverage in BRICS: Media Censorship, State-controlled Channels & the Obstruction of Online Feminist Activism in China, Russia and Brazil

Author: Hoareau, Charlotte Date: 2021 This comparative study investigates the media representation of YouTube-based news about the #MeToo campaign, feminism, and sexual harassment accounts in three BRICS nations: China, Russia and Brazil. The situation of women in the Global South ... Read more
A Hypothetical Exploration of Survival, Colonisation and Interplanetary Relations Around the planet Mars

Author: Reid, Caroline Date: 2019 Three novellas exploring the short and long-term implications of Martian colonisation and an explication. The first part examines the necessity of a robust and mentally-fit crew along with the relationships between corporatism. The second, ... Read more
Act local, think global – The aesthetics of success: race and Beauty in the global south: a reflection on South African women content creators' online performances on YouTube and Instagram

Author: Kigundu-Touré, Ivy Date: 2020 This media creative project explores the experiences of South African women on social media platforms. The idea for this project stems from my personal experiences as an avid consumer and viewer of online content generated by these women. My ... Read more
Adapting Mozambique : representations of violence and trauma in Mozambican cinema and literature

Author: Mulliken, Douglas Date: 2013 This dissertation examines the ways in which violence and trauma are represented in two novels - LÃdia Jorgeâ€™s A Costa dos MurmÃºrios (1988) and Mia Coutoâ€™s Terra SonÃ¢mbula (1992) - and the cinematic adaptations of those novels - ... Read more
An analysis of SABC coverage of political parties in the 2019 elections

Author: Zulu, Nelly Teressa Date: 2021 This study critically analyses the coverage of the three main political parties (ANC, DA and EFF) in the 2019 elections by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). The SABC has been one of the main sources of information for millions ... Read more
An Ethnographic Study on Heritage Preservation in Bo-Kaap

Author: Correia, Shannon Date: 2020 This research paper analyses the culture and community in Bo-Kaap, which is battling to preserve its heritage amid growing gentrification. Gentrification in this area is analysed as a special case in point, as although gentrification is ... Read more
An analysis of the political rhetoric of South African President Jacob Zuma's speeches on climate change

Author: Govender, Dayaneethi Date: 2015 Climate change has a global impact on all sectors of life including politics and the economy; health and food security, social justice and media. There are stark contrasts in the political and scientific debates on climate change. The economic ... Read more
Animating the image : reflections on character and process in the "The First and Last Loves of Leonardo Lopes"

Author: Rodrigues, Christopher Date: 2006 In reflecting on the process of making the short film "The First and Last Loves of Leonardo Lopes" the author argues against interpretation as a method for working with character and its development. It is contended that the formative unconscious ... Read more
Art, outrage, dialogue: a McLuhan reading of three visual communicative practices in Cape Town public space

Author: Brown, Storm Jade Date: 2015 This mini-dissertation places a specific focus on the City of Cape Town and considers the space between aesthetics, commercial interest and social relevance in public visual communication practices. Instead of making a general statement or ... Read more
Assessing news coverage of the South African Legislative laws

Author: Ndyondya, Kanyisa Date: 2013 This thesis attempts to examine the news coverage of South Africaâ€™s legislative laws passed by the Parliament, by looking at the coverage of print media using qualitative content analysis. The thesis aims to understand the dominant messages ... Read more
Assessing the growing impact and potential of social networking mediums in crisis communication in South Africa : A Case Study of the South African Protection of State Information Bill

Author: Moyo, Nokuthula Date: 2015 With new political developments breeding opportunities for crises, proliferation of new media types increasing exposure to crises, there is a growing awareness of the potential, influence, impact and capabilities of social media. Focusing on ... Read more
Authenticity, Commodification of the Self, and Micro-Influencers: An in-depth analysis into the online identity construction of South African micro-influencers within the Western Cape

Author: Bull, Joshua Date: 2022 The aim of this paper was to engage with the ways in which micro-influencers within the Western Cape construct their online identities on Instagram. Theories of critical political economy of the media, self-branding, and the commodification ... Read more
Barack Obama's rise to power : reinventing political campaigns

Author: Araujo-Quintero, Carolina Date: 2009 This research paper uses content analysis to analyse the subtext of Obama's campaign messages and virtual ethnography to analyse the way that information technology was used to further his campaign's goals. The findings suggest that while ... Read more
Becoming

Author: Reynolds, Kimberly M Date: 2020 This thesis project accompanies the 2019 photographic portraiture series entitled Becoming. Using James Baldwin, Audre Lorde and Zora Neale Hurston as departure points, both the photo series and this academic explanative seeks to explore the ... Read more
Begging for change: engaging with Johannesburg in post-apartheid South African film

Author: Herman, Daniel David Date: 2012 The city of Johannesburg is globally identified with issues of inequality, prejudice and transformation. This identification is reinforced by the city's representation in film, in particular those of the post-apartheid era, which tend to ... Read more
Between the norm and a hard place: representing marginality in Harmony Korine's Gummo

Author: De Villiers, Jacques Date: 2013 This dissertation centres on an examination of Gummo, the provocative directorial debut by filmmaking enfant terrible, Harmony Korine. While largely dismissed by critics who were put off by the film's visceral intensity, unconventional narrative ... Read more
Beyond the milk carton: strategies for creating and allowing a space for engaging with personal narratives from family members about missing persons

Author: Drennan, Lisa Date: 2018 The aim of this study is twofold, firstly to explore various media's coverage of missing children to probe whether they currently include the reflections and personal narratives of family members and loved ones and secondly to propose possible ... Read more
A blurred paradise : insider and outsider perspectives on Paternoster

Author: Smith, Alyson Karen Date: 2014 Paternoster is perpetually represented as being a tourist destination primarily through the use of imagery; yet this is often without interrogation of the primary narrative which when examined cracks in the visual façade surface. The overall ... Read more
Bumper to bumper: photographing across the class divide in post-apartheid South Africa. A photographic essay and analysis

Author: Culhane, Dylan Date: 2012 The eponymous collection of 64 photographs accompanying this text constitutes the creative research component of my M.A. in Media Theory & Practice. I chose to photograph the men (and to a lesser but nonetheless significant degree women) that ... Read more
Call on me : the cell phone : a multi-media tool of communication amongst South African youth and how it can be used to platform youth stories for media and advertising

Author: Griffiths, Claire Date: 2007 This media dissertation researches the cell phone's actual and potential role as a multimedia tool of communication amongst South African youth and looks at how it can be used to platform youth stories for media and advertising. The youth's ... Read more

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