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    Get ready for abundance culture at high school
    (2010) Noakes, Travis
    This presentation by Travis Noakes details the challenges and opportunities posed by 'abundance culture' and 'generation (Content)' in secondary and tertiary education. It can be used by teachers interested in understanding new web 2.0 technologies and their implications for teaching and learning in well-resourced teaching contexts in South Africa.
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    Improve your online presence (2010)
    (2010) Noakes, Travis
    What online search shows about you, can be an important aid to your CV. For my first tutoring session in the "Online Media Production" course, I prepared a presentation on the importance of students using their practical internet work to improve their online reputation. This is highly relevant in Film and Media, where examples of a student's practical work are critical when searching for employment in industry.
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    An introduction to programming with processing
    (2014-08-20) Daniels, Lyndon
    Processing is a high-level programming language that is based on Java, and is known for its abstractions that simplify creating visually-based programs. Its easy to learn syntax make it a compelling choice for beginners wanting to learn basic programming concepts that can be scaled into more advanced applications. Processing applications (known as "sketches") can be deployed in various formats such as Java stand-alone applications, Javascript that can be embedded into HTML5 documents and Android Apps for Google's popular mobile platform. This course assumes no prior programming knowledge as the learner is led through a guided tour of programming concepts that extend across many high-level languages, then demonstrates a practical implementation of these concepts within Processing sketches. The course encourages learners to work along-side the examples by creating their own programs or remixing the source code that is included with the documentation. This source code Includes a game emphasizing programmatic logic, data visualizations that read from external datasets and various other examples that cover all the major topics discussed within the documentation. At the end of each major section a Quiz is included so that the learner can assess their personal progress and compare their results with other students that have taken the course.
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    Journalism curricula in the Arab region: a dilemma of content, context and contest
    (University of Cape Town, 2011-08) Saleh, Ibrahim
    This research attempts to address and evaluate the 2007 UNESCO Model Curricula after a regional consultation meeting on the possibilities of adaptation of the model in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries of the Arab region at the University of Bahrain. The model was supposed to be a generic model that could be localised and adapted to match each country’s specific needs. The rapid strides in different mass media industries in the Arab region have opened up new opportunities for the field of journalism education and the profession itself as never before.This transformation of societies have urged global standards in educational components and curricula that address specialized skills and knowledge, and opened up new possibilities of launching education programmes in journalism at new universities located at various geographic locations of the region. As a result, both local regional and international agencies have come up with offers for undergraduate and post graduate/Masters programmes in Journalism or communication studies.
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    Media and National Development Policy
    (2013) Saleh, Ibrahim
    This lecture introduces the role of media in national development. This particular lecture series explores the role of communication in the development of an effective socio-political relationship between the government and its people, and the development of effective information and innovation dissemination models to encourage the development of a national discourse. Part 1 of a series on the role of the media in national development.
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    Media and National Development Policy (2)
    (2013) Saleh, Ibrahim
    This lecture material demonstrates the responsible use, ethics and safety issues in using electronic media. Part 2 of a series on the role of the media in national development. Click for Part 3.
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    Media and National Development Policy (3)
    (2013) Saleh, Ibrahim
    Part three in a series on the role of the media in national development. This lecture explores the different developmental paradigms that have informed South Africa's approach to using the media for the cause of national development. Specific topics discussed include the conceptualisation of information literacy in the South African school curriculum and the role of ICTs in national development.
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    Media and National Development Policy (4)
    (2013) Saleh, Ibrahim
    This lecture focuses on ethics and responsibility in media, with a focus on information literacy development and legacy in post-apartheid South Africa. Part 4 of the lecture series on the role of the media in national development policy. Click for Part 5.
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    Media and National Development Policy (5)
    (2014) Saleh, Ibrahim
    This lecture looks at the role of the media in South Africa's national development paradigm. Part 5 of the lecture series on the role of the media in national development policy. Click for Part 5.
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    Media and National Development Policy (6)
    (2014) Saleh, Ibrahim
    This lecture looks at the role of the media in disseminating and developing information about climate change in South Africa. Part 6 of the lecture series on the role of the media in national development policy.
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    Media and National Development Policy (8)
    (2014) Saleh, Ibrahim
    This is the final lecture series in the Media and Development set, focusing on the interplay (or lack thereof) of public and academic journalism in South Africa, including media reform and the democracy. Part 4 of the lecture series on the role of the media in national development policy.
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    Media and National Development Policy - 7
    (2013) Saleh, Ibrahim
    These lecture notes looks explore the role of the media in the development, refinement and criticism of the 'African Renaissance' concept, specifically with regard to the development of a shared social imaginary or political vocabulary in South Africa. This resource is part of the Media and National Development in South Africa lecture series.
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    Media sexual and reproductive health taboos in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
    (2011) Saleh, Ibrahim
    Female adolescents in many developing societies are still facing various forms of discrimination due to their gender, race and class. It is thus mandatory to think of sexual and reproductive challenges as a single service delivery system mindset, and look across systems instead of the current dilemma of lack of vision. Among the many obstacles facing media literacy in MENA is the sexual and reproductive health issues in which premarital sexual relationships are generally forbidden, and the media tackling of them is often considered taboo.
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    A private high school's staff responses to a Web 2.0 and "abundant digital media" presentation
    (2014-09-15) Noakes, Travis
    This presentation sums up questionnaire feedback from fourteen South African private high school staff. This follows a talk I gave on "abundant digital culture" and its potential benefits and hazards for their school. Loud Speaker image by woodleywonderworks shared under a CC-BY license.
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    Stealing Empire: P2P, intellectual property and hip-hop subversion
    (2010) Haupt, Adam
    Stealing Empire poses the question, ""What possibilities for agency exist in the age of corporate globalisation?"" Using the work of Antonio Negri and Michael Hardt as a point of entry, Adam Haupt delves into varied terrain to locate answers in this ground-breaking inquiry. He explores arguments about copyright via peer-to-peer (P2P) platforms such as Napster, free speech struggles, debates about access to information and open content licenses, and develops a politically incisive analysis of counter discourses produced by South African hip-hop artists. Stealing Empire is vital reading for law, media and cultural studies scholars who want to make sense of the ways in which legal and communication strategies are employed to secure hegemony.
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    What underlies children, media and democracy in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
    (2011) Saleh, Ibrahim
    The daunting reality of the contemporary world is that autocracies and semi-authoritarian states lack the basic foundation for building a democracy. The media could be a powerful entertainment and educational tool for children, given the right programming. Media also play a crucial role in shaping a healthy democracy, because they simply make us aware of the various social, political and economical activities and developments taking place around the world. Moreover, a democratic system of governance is supposed to enable citizens to choose their rulers and live equally within a state of law and order, where the citizens are the key factor in the process.
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    WikiLeaks in MENA
    (2011) Saleh, Ibrahim
    The situation MENA has been reshuffled from Ben Ali exiled, Mubarak fallen, Gaddafi genocidal, Bahrain recruiting the Saudi military, Yemen using nerve gas, Syria arresting bloggers at random; many other regimes all over the region either attempting to bridge the gap with reform, or steadfastly refusing to see their people rise. To understand this broader phenomenon of protests that have swept through North Africa and parts of the Middle East, one must consider the causality between the two key variables of the revolution: media texts and political change. Two questions are answer the claim of social media and change in the Arab Spring: 1. Has WikiLeaks influenced the uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa? 2. What is the role of Journalism?