Kealeboga Aiseng
Biographic Data
| ID | 160598 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kealeboga Aiseng |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kealeboga |
| FAMILY NAME | Aiseng |
| SIGNATURE | AISENG K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Witwatersrand |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5684-9519 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Journalism in Crisis? Framing Presidential Political Scandals in South African Media
This study presents a comparative analysis of the framing of the alleged political scandals involving the former President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, and the current President, Cyril Ramaphosa. Specifically, it examines two scandals, the Nkandla homestead upgrades controversy linked to Zuma and the Phala Phala farm controversy associated with Ramaphosa. The study scrutinized how these scandals were portrayed by three different media organizatio…
The language of Black women’s music: MmaAusi’s role in preserving Setswana heritage
In this article, I examine MmaAusi’s music as a dynamic site of Setswana language preservation, cultural protest, and liberatory expression, situating her work within a broader transnational lineage of Black women’s musical storytelling as a form of resistance and cultural memory. Through a multidisciplinary analysis of three selected songs spanning her career from 2008 to 2022, I investigate how MmaAusi employs linguistic richness, deliberate cu…
Navigating Trauma in African Journalism, Volume 2: Primary Trauma, Gendered Dimension and Mitigation Mechanisms
Politics of casting in South African film and television: Sociolinguistics perspectives
The scapes of South African film and television are dynamic canvases reflecting the nation’s sociolinguistic complexities. However, casting for film and television in post-apartheid South Africa has been marked with controversies. Many experienced and emerging television actors have complained that they are being overlooked because of their ethnicities, language skills, skin tone, body shape and social media status. This article examines the nuan…
Political economy of languages in South African higher education
This study examines the political economy of languages in South African universities, focusing on the sustained dominance of English and Afrikaans despite policy shifts promoting multilingualism. While some institutions have taken steps to incorporate indigenous languages into their teaching frameworks, English remains the primary medium of instruction across the country’s 26 universities, with Afrikaans retaining a privileged position in select …
Women and Femininity in Setswana Proverbs: Pragmatic Analysis
Many African cultures have been discredited, ridiculed and negated. This study offers a different perspective on understanding African cultures. The article visits one of the oldest forms of literature in African societies, oral literature, focusing on proverbs to unpack gender issues embedded within proverbs. This article analyses a selected number of Setswana proverbs and studies how they encompass feminist ideas and empower women. The study ar…
Public Health Communication Challenges to Minority and Indigenous Communities
This book has a significant impact on the field of sociolinguistics, especially under contemporary circumstances involving the ongoing relationship between indigenous and colonial languages.
Challenges and opportunities of Facebook during bereavement: Experiences from Taung in South Africa
Bereavement is something that we experience in one way or another. It involves many steps from one culture to the other. Many scholars have documented the role of social media tools in bereavement processes. In this study, I look at the challenges and opportunities offered by Facebook during bereavement, especially in a community that is still traditional and has yet to fully comprehend the importance of social media, particularly in matters cons…
Unveiling Linguistic Ideologies in South African Twitter (X) Discourse: A Corpus-Assisted Discourse Study
This article employs the methodological framework of Corpus-Assisted Discourse Studies to investigate language ideologies in the context of South African Twitter (now known as X) discourse. In the diverse linguistic landscape of South Africa, where multiple languages coexist, Twitter (X) serves as a digital space for users to express their identities, affiliations and perspectives. The study draws on a carefully compiled corpus of South African T…
We are not Ready for a ‘she’ President”: Navigating Media Framing of Women Presidential Hopefuls
Indigenous African language media: Practices and processes
Framing of Political Leaders During the #BringBackOurGirls Campaign by the Nigerian Press: A Comparative Study of Guardian and Vanguard Newspapers
This study examines Nigeria's political leaders' framing during the #BringBackOurGirls movement campaign using two selected national newspapers in Nigeria, i.e., the Guardian and the Vanguard newspapers . Using 46 news stories culled during the periods of April 14, 2014, to June 14, 2014, and May 29, 2015, to July 29, 2015, which represent two significant eras, i.e., when the schoolgirls were abducted, and when there was a change in government, t…
Linguistic Dominance and Translanguaging: Language Issues in Generations: The Legacy
The use of language(s) in media is very important as it can determine inclusion or exclusion. As such, the use of language in the media is contentious. This paper traces two language issues in one of the SABC's longest-running soap operas, Generations: The Legacy , language ideology and a tool against that language ideology. The former refers to a linguistic dominance of isiZulu and the latter refers to translanguaging. With the use of transcript…
The emergence of isiZulu in Skeem Saam (2011): Sociolinguistics factors and the politics of the 'loss of ethnolinguistic pluralism' at the Sabc 1
This study aims to investigate how an ecological understanding of polyglossia is used in the South African Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC) television channel, SABC 1 to maintain and create ethnolinguistic dominance. Key arguments this study will make are: (1) polyglossia is a language ideology masquerading as ethnolinguistic pluralism, (2) there is a loss of ethnolinguistic pluralism in SABC 1 because of the polyglot culture and its transmissio…
Anthropological vs. Orientalist Representation: Issues with the National Geographic Channel
In this article we examine how the visual representation of African beliefs and rituals (marriage, death, prayer, rites of passage, etc.) on the National Geographic Channel is constructed. The argument we make is that the ways in which these beliefs and rituals are constructed is infused with certain ideologies. These ideologies are meant to defy and nullify such beliefs and rituals and this is problematic, especially in this wave of decolonizati…
Online Media and Elite Accountability in Africa: The Case of Sahara Reporters and the amaBhungane
The study was conducted with the purpose of assessing the role of online media in enforcing accountability and helping citizens understand problems of elite accountability in Africa. The focus was on an online newspaper, Sahara Reporters from Nigeria and amaBhungane, a South African investigative unit that publishes online. Textual analysis was used as an appropriate research methodology to gather data, and elitism and accountability were used as…
The emergence of isiZulu in Skeem Saam (2011): Sociolinguistics factors and the politics of the 'loss of ethnolinguistic pluralism' at the Sabc 1
This study aims to investigate how an ecological understanding of polyglossia is used in the South African Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC) television channel, SABC 1 to maintain and create ethnolinguistic dominance. Key arguments this study will make are: (1) polyglossia is a language ideology masquerading as ethnolinguistic pluralism, (2) there is a loss of ethnolinguistic pluralism in SABC 1 because of the polyglot culture and its transmissio…
Online Media and Elite Accountability in Africa: The Case of Sahara Reporters and the amaBhungane
The study was conducted with the purpose of assessing the role of online media in enforcing accountability and helping citizens understand problems of elite accountability in Africa. The focus was on an online newspaper, Sahara Reporters from Nigeria and amaBhungane, a South African investigative unit that publishes online. Textual analysis was used as an appropriate research methodology to gather data, and elitism and accountability were used as…
Anthropological vs. Orientalist Representation: Issues with the National Geographic Channel
In this article we examine how the visual representation of African beliefs and rituals (marriage, death, prayer, rites of passage, etc.) on the National Geographic Channel is constructed. The argument we make is that the ways in which these beliefs and rituals are constructed is infused with certain ideologies. These ideologies are meant to defy and nullify such beliefs and rituals and this is problematic, especially in this wave of decolonizati…
Online Media and Elite Accountability in Africa: The Case of Sahara Reporters and the amaBhungane
The study was conducted with the purpose of assessing the role of online media in enforcing accountability and helping citizens understand problems of elite accountability in Africa. The focus was on an online newspaper, Sahara Reporters from Nigeria and amaBhungane, a South African investigative unit that publishes online. Textual analysis was used as an appropriate research methodology to gather data, and elitism and accountability were used as…
Framing of Political Leaders During the #BringBackOurGirls Campaign by the Nigerian Press: A Comparative Study of Guardian and Vanguard Newspapers
This study examines Nigeria's political leaders' framing during the #BringBackOurGirls movement campaign using two selected national newspapers in Nigeria, i.e., the Guardian and the Vanguard newspapers . Using 46 news stories culled during the periods of April 14, 2014, to June 14, 2014, and May 29, 2015, to July 29, 2015, which represent two significant eras, i.e., when the schoolgirls were abducted, and when there was a change in government, t…
Linguistic Dominance and Translanguaging: Language Issues in Generations: The Legacy
The use of language(s) in media is very important as it can determine inclusion or exclusion. As such, the use of language in the media is contentious. This paper traces two language issues in one of the SABC's longest-running soap operas, Generations: The Legacy , language ideology and a tool against that language ideology. The former refers to a linguistic dominance of isiZulu and the latter refers to translanguaging. With the use of transcript…
The emergence of isiZulu in Skeem Saam (2011): Sociolinguistics factors and the politics of the 'loss of ethnolinguistic pluralism' at the Sabc 1
This study aims to investigate how an ecological understanding of polyglossia is used in the South African Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC) television channel, SABC 1 to maintain and create ethnolinguistic dominance. Key arguments this study will make are: (1) polyglossia is a language ideology masquerading as ethnolinguistic pluralism, (2) there is a loss of ethnolinguistic pluralism in SABC 1 because of the polyglot culture and its transmissio…
Public Health Communication Challenges to Minority and Indigenous Communities
This book has a significant impact on the field of sociolinguistics, especially under contemporary circumstances involving the ongoing relationship between indigenous and colonial languages.
Challenges and opportunities of Facebook during bereavement: Experiences from Taung in South Africa
Bereavement is something that we experience in one way or another. It involves many steps from one culture to the other. Many scholars have documented the role of social media tools in bereavement processes. In this study, I look at the challenges and opportunities offered by Facebook during bereavement, especially in a community that is still traditional and has yet to fully comprehend the importance of social media, particularly in matters cons…
Unveiling Linguistic Ideologies in South African Twitter (X) Discourse: A Corpus-Assisted Discourse Study
This article employs the methodological framework of Corpus-Assisted Discourse Studies to investigate language ideologies in the context of South African Twitter (now known as X) discourse. In the diverse linguistic landscape of South Africa, where multiple languages coexist, Twitter (X) serves as a digital space for users to express their identities, affiliations and perspectives. The study draws on a carefully compiled corpus of South African T…
We are not Ready for a ‘she’ President”: Navigating Media Framing of Women Presidential Hopefuls
Indigenous African language media: Practices and processes
Navigating Trauma in African Journalism, Volume 2: Primary Trauma, Gendered Dimension and Mitigation Mechanisms
Politics of casting in South African film and television: Sociolinguistics perspectives
The scapes of South African film and television are dynamic canvases reflecting the nation’s sociolinguistic complexities. However, casting for film and television in post-apartheid South Africa has been marked with controversies. Many experienced and emerging television actors have complained that they are being overlooked because of their ethnicities, language skills, skin tone, body shape and social media status. This article examines the nuan…
Political economy of languages in South African higher education
This study examines the political economy of languages in South African universities, focusing on the sustained dominance of English and Afrikaans despite policy shifts promoting multilingualism. While some institutions have taken steps to incorporate indigenous languages into their teaching frameworks, English remains the primary medium of instruction across the country’s 26 universities, with Afrikaans retaining a privileged position in select …
Women and Femininity in Setswana Proverbs: Pragmatic Analysis
Many African cultures have been discredited, ridiculed and negated. This study offers a different perspective on understanding African cultures. The article visits one of the oldest forms of literature in African societies, oral literature, focusing on proverbs to unpack gender issues embedded within proverbs. This article analyses a selected number of Setswana proverbs and studies how they encompass feminist ideas and empower women. The study ar…
Journalism in Crisis? Framing Presidential Political Scandals in South African Media
This study presents a comparative analysis of the framing of the alleged political scandals involving the former President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, and the current President, Cyril Ramaphosa. Specifically, it examines two scandals, the Nkandla homestead upgrades controversy linked to Zuma and the Phala Phala farm controversy associated with Ramaphosa. The study scrutinized how these scandals were portrayed by three different media organizatio…
The language of Black women’s music: MmaAusi’s role in preserving Setswana heritage
In this article, I examine MmaAusi’s music as a dynamic site of Setswana language preservation, cultural protest, and liberatory expression, situating her work within a broader transnational lineage of Black women’s musical storytelling as a form of resistance and cultural memory. Through a multidisciplinary analysis of three selected songs spanning her career from 2008 to 2022, I investigate how MmaAusi employs linguistic richness, deliberate cu…
Political science (10 works) · Politics (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Law (7 works) · Ideology (5 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · History (3 works)