Journalism, communication, and
media studies
South African journalism, communication, and
media studies departments
University
of the Free State: Department of Communication Science
Site
under construction.
http://www.uovs.ac.za/Faculties/humanities/comm/default.asp
University of Natal (Durban): Centre for Cultural and
Media Studies
UND's Centre for Cultural and Media Studies offers postgraduate programmes at Honours,
Masters and PhD levels. This searchable site gives course details, a substantial
collection of full-text articles and dissertations, along with individual sections on the
Centre's projects and publications.
http://www.und.ac.za/und/ccms/index.htm
University
of the North: Department of English
Information
about the Honours Programme in Media Studies offered by the department.
http://www.unorth.ac.za/Faculty/Arts/English/virtclass/
media/mediaindex.htm
University of the North West: Department of Communication
Single page with contact details and basic information about staff and programmes.
http://www.uniwest.ac.za/Faculties/HumanSc/Communication/
department_of_communication.htm
University of Port Elizabeth
Information about BA Honours in Journalism and Media Studies
http://www.upe.ac.za/courses/start.asp?courseid=90
Potchefstroom University for CHE: Department of
Communications
Curriculum and syllabus information, staff teaching and research areas, and a section on
the Institute for Communication Research.
http://www.puk.ac.za/komwww/index.html
Rand Afrikaans University: Department of Communication
Information about staff and degrees offered is
available, with the promise of more extensive information to come.
http://general.rau.ac.za/comm/OldWeb/index.htm
Rhodes University: Department of Journalism and Media Studies
Information about degrees and courses offered, links to departmental publications
including the Rhodes Journalism Review, the Department's New Media Lab and a selection of student
work:
http://journ.ru.ac.za/
University of South Africa: Department of Communication
General departmental information, details of under- and post-graduate courses, staff
information, links to the Department's "Communicatio" journal (selected
full-text articles available) and other publications.
http://www.unisa.ac.za/dept/kom/index.html
University of Stellenbosch: Department of Journalism
Afrikaans and English versions of this site provide information about degrees and courses,
staff, bursaries and prizes, departmental publications, (some full-text articles
available), along with links to the daily matieWEB news bulletins.
http://www.sun.ac.za/journalism/home.htm
University of Zululand
Site largely under construction.
http://www.uzulu.ac.za/art/com/com.htm
University of the Western Cape
On-line Journalism Project (English Department)
http://www.uwc.ac.za/arts/english/journal/
Border Technikon: Department of Journalism
Information about staff, courses, and the student newspaper; links to Computer Assisted Research and Reporting
(CARR) and other journalism-related resources.
http://www.bortech.ac.za/Academic/COMMUNICATION/
JournWeb/index.htm
Technikon Natal: Department of Journalism and Public
Relations
Departmental mission statement, staff and curriculum information, link to SAQA draft
Journalism curriculum, small selection of full-text feature articles.
http://www.edgeonline.co.za/
ML Sultan Technikon
Information about degrees and diplomas offered as well as
faculty rules.
http://196.13.103.11/faculties/Arts/PRJournalism/
body_prjournalism.html
Peninsula Technikon
List of subjects only. No contact details given.
http://www.pentech.ac.za/engineeringfac/journ.htm
Port Elizabeth Technikon: Faculty of Communication
Studies
General information about the faculty and the courses it offers.
http://www.petech.ac.za/communicationstudies/
Technikon Pretoria: Department of Journalism
Introduction to "journalism as a career", course and staff information (along
with hints for selection),
http://local.techpta.ac.za/study/academic/faculties/
information_sciences/departments/journalism/index.htm
South
African professional associations
South African Science Communication Network (SASCON)
e-mail: sascon@nrf.ac.za
Web site: http://www.nrf.ac.za/sascon/
Southern
African Communication Association
Address: P.O. Box 28694; Danhof; Bloemfontein 9310
Telephone: (051) 436-7733
Fax number: (051) 436-7733
E-mail: tlgrk@rs.uovs.ac.za
Journalism, media
studies and communication research methodology textbooks
The Yenza!
research section contains an annotated list of research methodology texts
in use in South African higher education.
http://www.nrf.ac.za/yenza/research/comm.htm
Miscellaneous
South
African resources
Institute for the Advancement of Journalism
The Institute is offers short courses for working journalists. Course information and
schedules are available on the site, along with links to other resources.
http://iaj.org.za/
International collections of resources
Journalism and Mass Communication Resources
Splendid searchable site maintained by Karla Tonella of the University of Iowa. Contains "over 30 annotated
pages of resources compiled in support of academic journalism departments and professional
journalists".
http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/journalism/
The Journalistic Resources Site
Links to journalism resources.
http://www.markovits.com/journalism/
The Media and Communication Studies Site
Developed by David Chandler of the University of Wales,
Aberystwyth, this award-winning site offers an extensive collection of links to online resources in
areas ranging from media education to IT and telecommunications.
http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/index.html
wwwNewMediaStudies.com
David Gauntlett's New Media site includes (among others) sections
on reviews, resources, design, and theory.
http://www.newmediastudies.com/index.htm
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies
Information about the Poynter Institute and excellent online resources.
http://www.poynter.org/
American Communication Journal
Refereed online scholarly journal on the study of communication. Full-text
articles, book reviews and other materials.
http://acjournal.org/
World
Wide Web Virtual Library: Communication
http://www.vlib.org/Communication.html
World
Wide Web Virtual Library: Journalism
http://www.trainer.com/vlj.html
Directories
of online media
E & P Online Media Directory
Searchable, browsable directory of online newspapers and other media around the world.
http://emedia1.mediainfo.com/emedia/
WebWombat Directory of Online Newspapers
Directory of online newspapers organized by country.
http://www.webwombat.com.au/intercom/newsprs/index.htm
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