Media transformation and new practices of citizenship: the example of environmental activism in South Durban

Media Transformation and New Practices of Citizenship: The example of environmental activism in post-apartheid Durban

The Pathological Study of the Governmental Press Industry and Identification of Their Ecosystem Aspects in Accordance with the New Media Environment

Objective: This research has been conducted so as to use the Porter Five Competitive Model and to obtain the votes of experts in the press industry. A pathological assessment of the industry in the country has been achieved and a desirable model has been developed for transforming the industry to face environmental change. Methods: In this research, the qualitative method has been applied to r...

Yizo Yizo: citizenship, commodification and popular culture in South Africa

This article critically examines the development of an innovative approach to educational broadcasting in post-apartheid South Africa. Examining the policy background and the public debate sparked by the controversial drama series, Yizo Yizo, it is argued that the spatial restructuring of media markets re-articulates the sites and scales at which media practices and citizenship are connected. Y...

Solid waste management beliefs and practices in rural households towards sustainable development and pro-environmental citizenship

This study examined the waste management beliefs and practices of selected households in a Philippine rural municipality.  The sample used for this study involved rural families comprising of 332 households, which was drawn from the population using multistage cluster unequal allocation sampling technique. Descriptive statistics was used to analyze data gathered. Findings show that households e...

A Study on the Effect of Domestic and Foreign Mass Media on the Rate of Awareness of Citizenship Rights

New millennium began when half of world population is living in the cities. Predictions represent that the proportion of citizenship will reach to 65 percent by 2050. One the phenomena affected by living in the cities is citizenship. Citizenship phenomenon is one of the phenomena that in in the era of social political evolution in the world have received much attention. Presentation of theories...