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Communitas is a nationally-accredited academic journal publishing scientific articles in the context of Community Communication, Information Impact and related disciplines. The primary aim is the promotion of a better understanding of communication-related issues which affect all South African communities.

Alternative title(s): Journal for Community Communication and Information Impact | Joernaal vir Gemeenskapskommunikasie en Inligtingsimpak

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ISSN 2415-0525 (Online), ISSN 1023-0556 (Print)

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Browsing Communitas by Author "Breytenbach, H. J."

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    Die rol van terugvoering in internet-joernalistiek
    (University of the Free State, 2003) Marais, Willemien; Breytenbach, H. J.; Pepler, Elsabe
    The development of the Internet has had far-reaching implications for every conceivable area - and it is especially important as a medium of communication. The resulting development of electronic publications has also changed the subject of journalism forever. The most outstanding characteristic of the electronic newspaper is arguably its ability to stimulate interaction. This article therefore aims to illustrate this ability to stimulate and accommodate interactivity, or feedback, by comparing the amount and content of feedback to traditional newspapers and electronic newspapers. From the results the electronic newspaper's unique ·abilities regarding interactivity were evident. However, a few surprising results have shown that some readers, with regard to certain topics, still prefer the old-fashioned, paper-in-hand way.
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    Perceptiveness of UFS students towards racial messages in newspapers: a pilot study
    (University of the Free State, 2001) Snyman, Carina F.; Pepler, Elsabe; Breytenbach, H. J.
    The South African media was dissected by the Human Rights Commission (HRC) in 1998, following complaints that certain media were allegedly guilty of racism and creating racial stereotypes. However, the process of the Human Rights Commission's inquiry received much criticism from media institutions, on the grounds that the HRC omitted the interpretation of the mass media receiver within this particular communication process. This article tries to fill this void, albeit it in a modest way, by investigating (through structured questionnaires) how students at the University of the Free State (UFS) perceive certain identified newspaper items, which the HRC itself labelled racist. The results indicated that the students did not perceive the media as racist, but that their perceptiveness of racial messages was influenced by their cultural backgrounds.
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    Plagiarism at tertiary institutions: perceptions of lecturers at the UFS campuses
    (Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2006) Coetzee, Mercia; Breytenbach, H. J.
    Plagiarism has increased alarmingly on campuses world-wide. The Internet has largely contributed to this problem. Students are able to download complete art i c l e s , assignments and essays from the WWW and present it as their own original work. Students also copy sections of articles and paste it into their assignments or dissertations without acknowledging sources. Additional pressure is placed on lecturers to trace the sources from which the work was copied. World-wide research has indicated that plagiarism occurs on nearly all campuses and that students are increasingly guilty of committing plagiarism. Electronic programmes for the detection of plagiarism are already in use on many European and American campuses, while only few South African universities utilise this facility. This study was undertaken to investigate the opinions of lecturers regarding the extent of plagiarism on the campuses of the University of the Free State. The prevalence of plagiarism, sources from which were plagiarised, and resultant steps that should be taken according to lecturers, were investigated.
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    The uses and gratifications of music, by personality type, of a central South African radio station's audience
    (Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2013) Kotzee, Rozanne; Breytenbach, H. J.
    While music is the main product of many radio stations, this study seeks to gain insight into the music preferences of a central South African radio station’s audience. The study into the personality psychology of music has remained mainly mute. Various questions remain regarding individual differences and different uses of music, as well as individual differences and music preference (Rentfrow & Gosling 2003). By examining the patterns of music use and the relationship between music use and audiences’ psychographic profiles, and by employing the Ten-Item Personality Inventory (TIPI) and the Uses of Music Inventory (UMI), this study might contribute to the development of a more efficient model in the construction of a radio station’s music content and diversity.