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Department of Information Systems

Excavating the meaning of information and communication technology use amongst South African university students : a critical discourse analysis

Abstract

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This thesis examines what Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) mean to South African university students and how these meanings form the basis of technological identities. It explores the relationships between these meanings and identities and the possibilities and opportunities that they create or limit.

Degree

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Grantor dc:publisher.institution
Department of Information Systems
Year dc:date.issued
2011

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Brown, Cheryl
Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
  • Hart, Mike

Rights

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eng

Identifiers

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http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10213
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oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10213

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2026-07-22
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Brown, Cheryl. Excavating the meaning of information and communication technology use amongst South African university students : a critical discourse analysis. Department of Information Systems, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10213