Faculty of Humanities, Development and Social Sciences
School of Applied Human Sciences
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Howard College, Durban CCMS Facebook Group:. International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) ____________________________________________________________ The 2012 IAMCR Conference, 16-19 July, Durban. _____________________________________________________________________________
"... when you get a degree from CCMS you know that you earned your stripes and can go toe to toe with the best in the industry!" "We are happy to have been groomed by CCMS. Everything we learnt in every module fits the bigger puzzle in the working world""What I value as an outcome of Kate Finlay'sprojectis the fact that we, as a commercial business responsible for managing, marketing and operating a community-owned facility, have been able to benefit from the academic research she has undertaken by evaluating her findings and considering these when redeveloping our marketing materials and strategy.
"This is precisely what I had hoped for when Keyan and I first discussed the concept of UKZN's CCMS unit undertaking various research projects around !Xaus Lodge - that research could be applied in a beneficial way to a practical situation and not simply remain within the covers of a book!!" Glynn O'Leary
Transfrontier Parks Destinations
 Communication for development. Photo by Simon McTavish.
CCMS was established after the Soweto uprising of 1976, in order to develop strategies of cultural resistance through media and culture. The aim of CCMS was to teach critical media and cultural studies and to actively contribute to political change from inside the anti-apartheid coalition then known as the Mass Democratic Movement. Staff and students set out to develop theories and strategies to enable grassroots empowerment and local media and cultural development projects. CCMS offers courses of an interdisciplinary nature, calling on contributions for the faculties of Humanities, Social Science, Science, Architecture and Education. Graduates find employment in a wide range of professions including: - Non-government or community-based organisations
- University-based education, research and consultancy
- Film industry
- Television and radio broadcasting
- Marketing and market research
- Journalism
- Community development
With the advent of democratic political processes in South Africa, CCMS has shifted its emphasis to policy research and development support for communication projects, in the context of reconstruction and policy studies. This requires working as critical consultants for the state and parastatal corporations, commissions and task groups, as well as the progressive business sector. CCMS also engages in major research projects, development projects, conferences and media production. Copyright Notice The documents located on these pages are copyrighted in terms of South African law. They may of course be cited and quoted for bona fide academic use. The reader will be able to determine the nature of assessment, as published articles are reprinted here with permission; others are original unrefereed edited entries, and the remainder are theses and dissertations, all of which have been subjected to rigorous examination processes. |
