Discourses of health, sexuality and gender in the H360° HIV/AIDS education portal on MXit.

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dc.contributor.authorKramper, Mareike Annetteen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-02T09:19:22Z
dc.date.available2015-01-02T09:19:22Z
dc.date.issued2012en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe widespread adoption of mobile communication by South African teenagers is playing an increasing role in their formation of identities and construction of knowledge. This dissertation uses feminist critical discourse analysis as an explanatory framework in order to investigate what types of discourses around HIV/AIDS emerge from queries submitted to the mobile application H360°, which is an educational portal on MXit, South Africa’s most popular messaging platform. These queries are analysed in order to identify how gender and other power relationships inform young people’s discourse on MXit. This approach gives insights into how South African teenagers construct discourses about HIV/AIDS knowledge within an environment where unequal power relationships reflect gender, race and class divisions. In the face of such dynamics, attempts to halt the spread of the disease have so far proven ineffective.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationKramper, M. A. (2012). <i>Discourses of health, sexuality and gender in the H360° HIV/AIDS education portal on MXit</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11012en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationKramper, Mareike Annette. <i>"Discourses of health, sexuality and gender in the H360° HIV/AIDS education portal on MXit."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11012en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKramper, M. 2012. Discourses of health, sexuality and gender in the H360° HIV/AIDS education portal on MXit. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Kramper, Mareike Annette AB - The widespread adoption of mobile communication by South African teenagers is playing an increasing role in their formation of identities and construction of knowledge. This dissertation uses feminist critical discourse analysis as an explanatory framework in order to investigate what types of discourses around HIV/AIDS emerge from queries submitted to the mobile application H360°, which is an educational portal on MXit, South Africa’s most popular messaging platform. These queries are analysed in order to identify how gender and other power relationships inform young people’s discourse on MXit. This approach gives insights into how South African teenagers construct discourses about HIV/AIDS knowledge within an environment where unequal power relationships reflect gender, race and class divisions. In the face of such dynamics, attempts to halt the spread of the disease have so far proven ineffective. DA - 2012 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2012 T1 - Discourses of health, sexuality and gender in the H360° HIV/AIDS education portal on MXit TI - Discourses of health, sexuality and gender in the H360° HIV/AIDS education portal on MXit UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11012 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/11012
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationKramper MA. Discourses of health, sexuality and gender in the H360° HIV/AIDS education portal on MXit. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies, 2012 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11012en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Film and Media Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherMedia Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleDiscourses of health, sexuality and gender in the H360° HIV/AIDS education portal on MXit.en_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMAen_ZA
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