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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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