Gcina Mgcina
Biographic Data
| ID | 6298058 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gcina Mgcina |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gcina |
| FAMILY NAME | Mgcina |
| SIGNATURE | MGCINA G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Witwatersrand |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5609-0063 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Memification of Students’ Experiences at South African Universities
Memes are considered a communication tool that allows groups of individuals to form a community and express themselves through three semiotic resources: visuals, text and humour. They provide new references that contribute to the construction of identities. This is especially true within university student communities. In this study, we use two students’ meme pages in South Africa, UCT Just Kidding (@uctjustkidding) and Wits Just Kidding (@witsju…
An Investigation of Exploitation and Labour Within Memes Production
This study investigates labour, and exploitation within the production and consumption of student memes in South Africa. Using two case studies of two prominent South African student meme pages found on Instagram, UCT Just Kidding (@uctjustkidding) and Wits Just Kidding (@witsjustkidding), and critical political economy theory coupled with interviews conducted with administrators and meme creators from both pages, the study interrogated the notio…
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An Investigation of Exploitation and Labour Within Memes Production
This study investigates labour, and exploitation within the production and consumption of student memes in South Africa. Using two case studies of two prominent South African student meme pages found on Instagram, UCT Just Kidding (@uctjustkidding) and Wits Just Kidding (@witsjustkidding), and critical political economy theory coupled with interviews conducted with administrators and meme creators from both pages, the study interrogated the notio…
Memification of Students’ Experiences at South African Universities
Memes are considered a communication tool that allows groups of individuals to form a community and express themselves through three semiotic resources: visuals, text and humour. They provide new references that contribute to the construction of identities. This is especially true within university student communities. In this study, we use two students’ meme pages in South Africa, UCT Just Kidding (@uctjustkidding) and Wits Just Kidding (@witsju…
Sociology (2 works) · Art (1 works) · Communication in Education and Healthcare (1 works) · Consumption (sociology (1 works) · Context (archaeology (1 works) · Digital Communication and Language (1 works) · Digital Economy and Work Transformation (1 works) · Economics (1 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (1 works) · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection (1 works)