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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Media Theory and Practice"”.
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Virus from the Global South: A comparative analysis on Twitter commentary on China x Covid-19, and South Africa x Omicron
… declared the widespread outbreak of Covid-19 a pandemic. This announcement came after months of monitoring a cluster of cases in Wuhan, China, in 2019 and led to a series of global lockdowns and travel restrictions to inhibit the spread of the virus. China and WHO were blamed by some for the …
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The Decolonization of the Political Economy of New Media Institutions in Africa: A Case Study on the Pan-African Film Industry
… framework to observe the decolonization of new media institutions in Africa. This is because "critically analysing media organisations and media processes in society have come from political economy perspectives." (Jansen, 2003, p. 90). This thesis has a specific focus on the decolonization of …
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A Hypothetical Exploration of Survival, Colonisation and Interplanetary Relations Around the planet Mars
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, which happens a century later, explores the health effects …
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The crystal world: executing a new media materialism
This thesis presents practice-based research to establish new forms of social and artistic production through examinations of the materiality of the technical media, namely the computer, that underpins new media art. Contemporary new media art practice has tended to focus attention on software or …
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Screenplay: Schedule 7
This creative project and essay for a Masters degree in Media Theory and Practice is focused around the design of a South African TV series called 'Schedule 7' which is set in Cape Town's south peninsula in a (fictional) non-governmental, psychiatric clinic. The premise is that a troubled handful …
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The mobile pillars of sexual relationships. Pleasures and pressures: the practice of sexting in a gendered society amongst young people in South Africa.
This dissertation investigates the diverse practices of sexting within the context of youth culture in South Africa. There is not yet a clear consensus on the definition of “sexting”, but in this case, it is understood as sending and receiving messages or images via social media that have sexual …