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Information and communication
(Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2016)
After the Enlightenment of the 18th century concern for the lonesome individual and the need for communication gave birth to the academic disciplines of psychology and communication science. Positivism and the linguistic ...
Exploring communication challenges due to language and cultural diversity on South African construction sites
(University of the Free State, 2013)
English: Communication can be traced to, among others, an individual’s language
and cultural background. These aspects play a fundamental role in ensuring
effective communication. Literature surveys show that language ...
Effective and empowering communication as an aspect of the training and development of principals
(Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2012)
A school manager (principal, administrator, leader) should be keenly aware of the power relations and structures in a school, and also able to apply several communication skills effectively in a range of management contexts ...
A drought risk reduction message that sticks: a communication model for foundation phase children
(Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2016)
Too often, children’s communication needs are not considered when it comes to important messages – especially concerning disaster risk reduction. Drought has a significant impact on children both mentally and physically, ...
An evaluation of COPE's communication strategy for 2011 municipal elections campaign in the Northern Cape
(Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2012)
The article is guided by the following research question: What factors found expression, and influenced the extent to which COPE’s 2011 municipal elections campaign in the Northern Cape met the objectives set in the developed ...
Stakeholder engagement: a crucial element in the governance of corporate reputation
(Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2011)
The King III Report on Corporate Governance for South Africa (with a separate
chapter on Governing Stakeholder Relationships) highlights the importance of
stakeholder management in corporate governance. For the first ...
Social communication towards sustainable physical science learning environments
(Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2012)
This article documents how social communication among actors in one of the projects in our academic network creates sustainable learning environments at a school and its local community. Social communication is understood ...
Contextualising the sax appeal and the Danish cartoon furores for South Africa
(Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2010)
This article discusses what a free and responsible press means in pluralistic
democracies, focussing specifically on whether that includes the freedom to offend. It
argues that there is a distinction between hate speech ...
Cinema and communication: 'cinelogic' and 'cinaesthesis'
(Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2010)
The article explores the various ways in which cinema “communicates” meaning, making use of the five materials of film, namely three of an auditory nature and two of a visual nature: dialogue, soundtrack (music) and noise ...
Kuns en die kommunikasie van andersheid
(Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2010)
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