POSITION
| Senior Lecturer
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QUALIFICATION(S)
| Baccalaureus Artium
Baccalaureus Bibliothecologiae
Honneurs-Baccalaureus Bibliothecologiae
Magister Artium (Communication Science)
Magister Artium (Higher and Further Education)
PhD (Higher and Further Education)
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AREAS OF EXPERTISE
| Social Media, Communication Science, Knowledge Management, Information Management, Higher Education, Disaster management
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SUPERVISION OF M&D STUDENTS
| Masters’ Students |
Name(s) and Surname
| Date First Registered
| Topic:
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Siphe Zenani (Co-supervisor)
| 2/2/15
| Investigating the impact of code-switching on interpersonal communication skills among first-year students at CUT
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Wisdom Louw (Co-supervisor)
| 12/6/18
| Student Perceptions on Academic Literacy and Communication Skills, focusing on reading and writing at the Central University of Technology, Free State
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Nomayira Mnyande
| 24/7/18
| An exploratory study of whatsApp as a tool for teaching and learning at the Walter Sisulu University
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Edward Matlaletsa
| 29/6/20
| Perceptions of prospective students on the use of social media as a key marketing and recruitment tool by higher education institutions in the Motheo region.
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Nanousha Kusakana
| 15/1/19
| Exploring the mode of communication used by the stakeholders of the water service sector of the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipalities (MMM).
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Ntolo Mohale
| 2020
| Role of communication officers in Government Ministries in the Lesotho Government
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Mathabiso Phelane
| 2020
| Public relations practice in Lesotho Government Ministries
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Neo Letsatsi (Co-supervisor)
| 2020
| Communication and HIV in the gay community
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Doctoral Students |
Name(s) and Surname
| Date First Registered
| Topic:
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Papiso Brown
| 2019
| Perceptions of language used in social media and its influence on political instability in Southern Africa: A communication persuasion approach
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Kufuwe Motsie
| Will register 2021
| Multilingualism and nursing: Communicating with patients in Free State hospitals
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PUBLICATIONS
| - Disasters; dangerous situations; good information system! (Editorial) SAJIM 6(4).
- Information for Disaster management, Communitas 10 (2005)
- Plagiarism on campus: Investigating the web’s impact, Proceedings of the 8th annual conference on World Wide Web applications, 29-31 August 2006.
- Plagiarism at tertiary institutions: Perceptions of lecturers at the UFS campuses, Communitas 11 (2006)
- Knowledge management in Higher Education, Communitas 16 (2011)
- Mapping the social media landscape: a profile of tools, applications and key features, Communitas 21 (2016)
- A proposed innovative framework to explore the communication challenges between Bloemwater and the Mangaung Municipality, (with MN Kusakana and S Oke), IEEE 2019 Proceedings, 2-4 October 2019, (2019).
- En route to a PhD: Mapping the journey through a sensemaking lens, (with A Wilkinson), SAJHE (2020) – In print
- Clear presentation as prerequisite for “doctorateness” in a PhD study: Graphical display from a systematic review as example, (with A Wilkinson), in process.
- Risk communication - Saving lives: Investigating its prevention and mitigatory role in the COVID-19 pandemic, (with O Konguma), in process.
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PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES
| - Information for Disaster management – Communication and Information Conference – Bloemfontein – August 2004.
- Back to the basics: Information for Disaster management – DMISA Conference – Gallagher Estate, Johannesburg – October 2004.
- Plagiarism on campus: Investigating the web’s impact – 8th Annual Conference on WWW Applications: ZA WWW 2006 – Bloemfontein – September 2006.
- The media and plagiarism: Who is responsible? – SACOMM Conference 2007 – Bloemfontein – September 2007.
- Plagiarism at tertiary level: Who is responsible? – Heltasa Conference 2007 – Bloemfontein – November 2007.
- The lecturer and plagiarism: Why are we responsible? – Teaching and Learning Conference, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany, June 2008.
- It wasn’t me: Why students plagiarise – Teaching and Learning Conference, Salzburg, Austria, June 2008.
- The role of interactivity in learning with social media in higher education: Perspectives from a systematic review – HELTASA 2014 Conference, Bloemfontein, November 2014.
- Facebook and citizen journalism: Managing water use in a crisis – Hamburg Water Alliance Conference, Hamburg, Germany, September 2017.
- A proposed innovative framework to explore the communication challenges between Bloemwater and the Mangaung Municipality, (with MN Kusakana and S Oke), IEEE 2019 Cape Town, 2-4 October 2019.
- En route to a PhD: Mapping the journey through a sensemaking lens, (with A Wilkinson), CUT Humanities Prestige Research Seminar, Bloemfontein, 21 October 2019.
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INTERNALISATION ACTIVITIES
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROJECT(S)
| - Member of LIASA (Library and Information Association of South Africa) – since 1994
- Chair: LIASA, Free State (Library and Information Association of South Africa) – 1996 to 2000
- Committee member of South African Communications Association (SACOMM) – 2007.
- Committee member of Pan South African Language Board (PanSLAB) – 2020.
- Established a library at Bolokanang Youth Centre, Bloemfontein
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Dr Coetzee
Tel:
ecoetzee@cut.ac.za