Pieter J Fourie
Biographic Data
| ID | 4909142 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pieter J Fourie |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pieter J |
| FAMILY NAME | Fourie |
| SIGNATURE | FOURIE P J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Africa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5362-4197 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Iterative urban design and transport simulation using Sketch Matsim
New transport technologies have historically influenced how cities are shaped, while urban form is known to influence travel behaviour. But this reciprocal relationship is seldom operationalized in practice due to the disciplinary gap between urban design and transport planning. The two are often linked through a ‘predict and provide’ workflow, which is problematic in the context of emerging technologies such as AVs. This paper argues for a more …
Functionalism
The entry introduces functionalism as a theory and as an analytical method for the analysis of mass communication media as a social system. Assumptions of functionalism as dealt with in sociology by Auguste Comte, Émile Durkheim, Talcott Parsons, and Robert Merton are briefly introduced. Pioneering functionalist studies in mass communication research are referred to and examples of “classic” typologies of media functions are included. The entry c…
Linking normative theory to media policy-making: A case study of Kenya
The Kenyan media landscape has transformed considerably in the period starting in the early part of the 1990s. This change is largely attributed to liberalization of the social economic and political context. This period of expansion has at the same time seen various efforts by the government and its agencies to control and regulate the media landscape. The electronic media sector has been the most affected, with laws being proposed and passed by…
Beyond Skills Training: Six macro themes in South African journalism education
This article identifies and discusses six underlying socio-cultural and political themes in South African journalism education. The themes are apartheid and race, gender, development, freedom of expression, indigenization and the impact of the new media on journalism. The argument is that although South African journalism education is skills and career-oriented, the treatment of the themes and the issues related to them form the theoretical and i…
Thinking about journalists’ thinking (Two)1
The first purpose of the article is to briefly highlight the global and South African relationship between society and journalism training/education. The second purpose is to take cognizance of how the changed and new media landscape has caused a so-called ‘crisis of journalism’ (meaning journalism’s loss of legitimacy and authenticity) and how this may affect journalism training. Part of this ‘crisis’, if not the essence thereof, is the almost c…
New’ paradigms, ‘new’ theory and four priorities for South African mass communication and media research
This article emphasises the importance of context in mass communication and media research. A brief summary is offered of some of the main characteristics of postmodern society and the new media landscape, and explained as the impetus for the postmodern and postcolonial paradigms in mass communication and media research. From these paradigms ‘new’ theories have developed, such as ‘chaos theory’ and ‘practice theory’, with their emphasis on divers…
Ubuntuism as a framework for South African media practice and performance: Can it work
In South Africa the African moral philosophy ubuntuism is periodically raised as a framework for African normative media theory. At this stage, the ubuntu discourse cannot be described as a focused effort to develop a comprehensive theory on the basis of which media performance could be measured from ‘an African perspective’. It should rather be seen as an intellectual quest to rediscover and re-establish idealised values of traditional African c…
Journalism teaching and training: Journalism studies: The need to think about journalists' thinking
Journalism studies: The need to think about journalists' thinking
Journalism trainers and educators (with the emphasis on education) should take the criticism against journalism seriously, including the deep-rooted mistrust of journalism, and use it as a point of departure in their curriculum development. This article paraphrases the early criticism against journalism, after which the two main streams of contemporary criticism, namely critical political economy and professional criticism are briefly discussed. …
Towards linking normative theory, communication policy and audiences in South African communication research
In this article the need to revisit South African normative media theory and communication policy against the background of fundamental audience research is emphasised. This is done in view of the postmodemist argument that ‘classic’ normative media theory is no longer suitable as a yardstick for the measurement of media performance, quality and ethics in postmodern societies, in a changing media landscape. Bearing in mind that South Africa canno…
Afrikaans en die media
In this article on ‘Afrikaans and the media’, the author focuses on the range of the South African media system, with special reference to the Afrikaans media; and issues in the South African media which could have had an influence on Afrikaans media. He also investigates the future of Afrikaans media, as well as possible co-operation agreements with Dutch media systems
Post apartheid South African media and development
1994). Post apartheid South African media and development. Communicatio: Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 46-54
Ek, Anna van Wyk
Rolprentkommunikasie: Mimetiese refleksie of kritiese interpretasie van die werklikheid
(1985). Rolprentkommunikasie: mimetiese refleksie of kritiese interpretasie van die werklikheid? de arte: Vol. 20, No. 32, pp. 10-19
Ubuntuism as a framework for South African media practice and performance: Can it work
In South Africa the African moral philosophy ubuntuism is periodically raised as a framework for African normative media theory. At this stage, the ubuntu discourse cannot be described as a focused effort to develop a comprehensive theory on the basis of which media performance could be measured from ‘an African perspective’. It should rather be seen as an intellectual quest to rediscover and re-establish idealised values of traditional African c…
New’ paradigms, ‘new’ theory and four priorities for South African mass communication and media research
This article emphasises the importance of context in mass communication and media research. A brief summary is offered of some of the main characteristics of postmodern society and the new media landscape, and explained as the impetus for the postmodern and postcolonial paradigms in mass communication and media research. From these paradigms ‘new’ theories have developed, such as ‘chaos theory’ and ‘practice theory’, with their emphasis on divers…
Journalism studies: The need to think about journalists' thinking
Journalism trainers and educators (with the emphasis on education) should take the criticism against journalism seriously, including the deep-rooted mistrust of journalism, and use it as a point of departure in their curriculum development. This article paraphrases the early criticism against journalism, after which the two main streams of contemporary criticism, namely critical political economy and professional criticism are briefly discussed. …
Beyond Skills Training: Six macro themes in South African journalism education
This article identifies and discusses six underlying socio-cultural and political themes in South African journalism education. The themes are apartheid and race, gender, development, freedom of expression, indigenization and the impact of the new media on journalism. The argument is that although South African journalism education is skills and career-oriented, the treatment of the themes and the issues related to them form the theoretical and i…
Post apartheid South African media and development
1994). Post apartheid South African media and development. Communicatio: Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 46-54
Towards linking normative theory, communication policy and audiences in South African communication research
In this article the need to revisit South African normative media theory and communication policy against the background of fundamental audience research is emphasised. This is done in view of the postmodemist argument that ‘classic’ normative media theory is no longer suitable as a yardstick for the measurement of media performance, quality and ethics in postmodern societies, in a changing media landscape. Bearing in mind that South Africa canno…
Rolprentkommunikasie: Mimetiese refleksie of kritiese interpretasie van die werklikheid
(1985). Rolprentkommunikasie: mimetiese refleksie of kritiese interpretasie van die werklikheid? de arte: Vol. 20, No. 32, pp. 10-19
Ek, Anna van Wyk
Afrikaans en die media
In this article on ‘Afrikaans and the media’, the author focuses on the range of the South African media system, with special reference to the Afrikaans media; and issues in the South African media which could have had an influence on Afrikaans media. He also investigates the future of Afrikaans media, as well as possible co-operation agreements with Dutch media systems
Post apartheid South African media and development
1994). Post apartheid South African media and development. Communicatio: Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 46-54
Journalism teaching and training: Journalism studies: The need to think about journalists' thinking
Journalism studies: The need to think about journalists' thinking
Journalism trainers and educators (with the emphasis on education) should take the criticism against journalism seriously, including the deep-rooted mistrust of journalism, and use it as a point of departure in their curriculum development. This article paraphrases the early criticism against journalism, after which the two main streams of contemporary criticism, namely critical political economy and professional criticism are briefly discussed. …
Towards linking normative theory, communication policy and audiences in South African communication research
In this article the need to revisit South African normative media theory and communication policy against the background of fundamental audience research is emphasised. This is done in view of the postmodemist argument that ‘classic’ normative media theory is no longer suitable as a yardstick for the measurement of media performance, quality and ethics in postmodern societies, in a changing media landscape. Bearing in mind that South Africa canno…
Ubuntuism as a framework for South African media practice and performance: Can it work
In South Africa the African moral philosophy ubuntuism is periodically raised as a framework for African normative media theory. At this stage, the ubuntu discourse cannot be described as a focused effort to develop a comprehensive theory on the basis of which media performance could be measured from ‘an African perspective’. It should rather be seen as an intellectual quest to rediscover and re-establish idealised values of traditional African c…
New’ paradigms, ‘new’ theory and four priorities for South African mass communication and media research
This article emphasises the importance of context in mass communication and media research. A brief summary is offered of some of the main characteristics of postmodern society and the new media landscape, and explained as the impetus for the postmodern and postcolonial paradigms in mass communication and media research. From these paradigms ‘new’ theories have developed, such as ‘chaos theory’ and ‘practice theory’, with their emphasis on divers…
Thinking about journalists’ thinking (Two)1
The first purpose of the article is to briefly highlight the global and South African relationship between society and journalism training/education. The second purpose is to take cognizance of how the changed and new media landscape has caused a so-called ‘crisis of journalism’ (meaning journalism’s loss of legitimacy and authenticity) and how this may affect journalism training. Part of this ‘crisis’, if not the essence thereof, is the almost c…
Beyond Skills Training: Six macro themes in South African journalism education
This article identifies and discusses six underlying socio-cultural and political themes in South African journalism education. The themes are apartheid and race, gender, development, freedom of expression, indigenization and the impact of the new media on journalism. The argument is that although South African journalism education is skills and career-oriented, the treatment of the themes and the issues related to them form the theoretical and i…
Linking normative theory to media policy-making: A case study of Kenya
The Kenyan media landscape has transformed considerably in the period starting in the early part of the 1990s. This change is largely attributed to liberalization of the social economic and political context. This period of expansion has at the same time seen various efforts by the government and its agencies to control and regulate the media landscape. The electronic media sector has been the most affected, with laws being proposed and passed by…
Functionalism
The entry introduces functionalism as a theory and as an analytical method for the analysis of mass communication media as a social system. Assumptions of functionalism as dealt with in sociology by Auguste Comte, Émile Durkheim, Talcott Parsons, and Robert Merton are briefly introduced. Pioneering functionalist studies in mass communication research are referred to and examples of “classic” typologies of media functions are included. The entry c…
Iterative urban design and transport simulation using Sketch Matsim
New transport technologies have historically influenced how cities are shaped, while urban form is known to influence travel behaviour. But this reciprocal relationship is seldom operationalized in practice due to the disciplinary gap between urban design and transport planning. The two are often linked through a ‘predict and provide’ workflow, which is problematic in the context of emerging technologies such as AVs. This paper argues for a more …
Political science (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Media Studies and Communication (9 works) · Law (7 works) · Media studies (7 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (6 works) · Epistemology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Journalism (4 works) · Normative (4 works)