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Date(s) - Wed - 26 Jul
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
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Dear friends of the UFC,
Please join Prof Radhamany Sooryamoorthy’s Seminar presentation entitled,’ Networks of Communication in South Africa’., Hosted by DUT’s Urban Futures Centre.
PRESENTER: Prof Radhamany Sooryamoorthy
TOPIC: ’Networks of Communication in South Africa’
DATE: Wednesday, 26 July 2017
TIME: 12H00-13H30
VENUE: Steve Biko Campus – DUT, UFC offices, S2 Block, Level 4, Room DP4.01B (UFC Common Room). Entrance Gate 1 & 2. 79 Steve Biko Road
Abstract:
Within a short period of time, South Africa has made remarkable progress in the adoption of mobile and internet technologies. In this landmark study the development of communication patterns, social contacts and networks in South Africa are examined. Based on pioneering quantitative and qualitative data, the study presents trends in changing media use in Africa, showing the development of the use of new media for communication in South Africans of all ages, races and genders in relation to the development of media infrastructure, cost and government policy. It shows how people use the media for communication purposes that affirm or break their social contracts and networks, and how they apply media to establish, re-establish or maintain social relationships.
Bio:
Radhamany Sooryamoorthy is a Professor of Sociology and an Acting Dean and HOS of the School of Social Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban. His current research interests lie in the areas of electronic communication and scientific collaboration. His previous books include Science in Participatory Development (co-author, Zed Books 1994) and NGOs in India (co-author, Greenwood 2001), Transforming Science in South Africa (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015), and Sociology in South Africa (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016).
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