SACOMM mourns the passing of one of its founder members, Prof Arnold S. (Arrie) de Beer. Prof De Beer was part of the organisation from its inception, as one of the participants at a meeting in 1974 at UNISA where the forming of a new communication association was discussed, and helped draw up the first …
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Call for Book Chapters
Communication Rights in Africa: Emerging Discourses and Perspectives Editors: Tendai Chari (PhD), Senior Lecturer, University of Venda, South Africa Ufuoma Akpojivi, (PhD) Associate Professor and Head of Department, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa Communication rights has been an integral component of the human rights discourse for the longest of time (Hamelink, 1994; 2004a; 2004b, UNESCO, …
HR: The Centre for Film and Media Studies (CFMS) (UCT)
The Centre for Film and Media Studies (CFMS) in the Faculty of Humanities wishes to appoint a suitable candidate to help develop the Centre’s teaching, production and research in digital and mobile media studies, as soon as possible. Requirements: A relevant Master’s level qualification is a minimum requirement, while a PhD or significant progress to …
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Executive Committee confirmed at AGM on 07.10.2021
At the Annual General Meeting of SACOMM Members, after a full day of Presentations, Panels and Discussions the SACOMM Members elected and confirmed a new ExCo serving for the following two years. EMERGING SCHOLARS – Sylvia Skhosana & Mbogeni MsimangoCOMMUNICATIONS ADVOCACY AND ACTIVISM – Vuyo Seti-SonamziMEDIA STUDIES AND JOURNALISM – Carol LesameCORPORATE COMMUNICATION – Alexia …
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HR: Call for Applications: DUT
Department of Media, Language and Communication Associate Professor (Journalism) (Ref: 1449) Minimum Requirements Associate Professor: • A Doctorate in Journalism/Media Studies or in a relevant field; • A minimum of seven DHET accredited publications/creative output over the preceding three years • Successful postgraduate supervision of at least two Master’s and one Doctorate • A minimum …
SACOMM Online 2021
The Draft Programme for #SACOMM2021 is slowly starting to take shape and is growing almost daily. Thursday, 7 October will be filled with different virtual panels, which members can and may attend as they see fit. The SACOMM Executive Committee has organised this year’s SACOMM Conference in lieu of being able to meet face to …
Trends in Media and Communication Conference
The Department of Communication Studies, University of Ghana is pleased to invite you to participate in the opening ceremony of the maiden edition of its Trends in Media and Communication Conference. The theme of the virtual conference is: “Africa’s digital youth: Exploring the media and information literacy competencies and practices”. It will catalogue scholarship on …
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The Filmic and the Photographic
The Journal of African Cinemas will explore the interactions of visual and verbal narratives in African film. It recognizes the shifting paradigms that have defined and continue to define African cinemas. Identity and perception are interrogated in relation to their positions within diverse African film languages. The editors are seeking papers that expound on the identity or …
Social Media & the Self
Social Media & the Self is a free, web-only reader centered on the online performance of identity and curated with university courses in mind. The collection includes public domain excerpts, openly licensed research articles, and popular pieces reprinted with permission: https://www.mediastudies.press/sms The collection will be updated with new material at least twice a year, for three years. …
Internal: Call for Nominations for SACOMM Executive Committee
Nominations are invited for the Interest Group Convenors/Executive Committee for: Media studies and journalism stream;Screen studies stream;Corporate communication stream;Communication Studies stream;Communications advocacy and activism stream;Communication education and curriculum development stream; and the Emerging scholars stream Nominations should be sent to the SACOMM Secretary, Annelize Vermeulen – Vermea@unisa.ac.za by Wednesday, 01 September 2021 using the Executive Committee Nomination Form which can be downloaded here: http://sacomm.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/executive-committee-nomination-form.pdf …
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