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Excavating the meaning of information and communication technology use amongst South African university students : a critical discourse analysis

This thesis examines what Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) mean to South African university students and how these meanings form the basis of technological identities. It explores the relationships between these meanings and identities and the possibilities and opportunities that th...

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Main Author: Brown, Cheryl
Other Authors: Hart, Mike
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Department of Information Systems 2014
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10213 Excavating the meaning of information and communication technology use amongst South African university students : a critical discourse analysis Brown, Cheryl Hart, Mike Information Systems This thesis examines what Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) mean to South African university students and how these meanings form the basis of technological identities. It explores the relationships between these meanings and identities and the possibilities and opportunities that they create or limit. 2014-12-27T14:05:32Z 2014-12-27T14:05:32Z 2011 Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10213 eng application/pdf Department of Information Systems Faculty of Commerce University of Cape Town
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Excavating the meaning of information and communication technology use amongst South African university students : a critical discourse analysis
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title Excavating the meaning of information and communication technology use amongst South African university students : a critical discourse analysis
title_full Excavating the meaning of information and communication technology use amongst South African university students : a critical discourse analysis
title_fullStr Excavating the meaning of information and communication technology use amongst South African university students : a critical discourse analysis
title_full_unstemmed Excavating the meaning of information and communication technology use amongst South African university students : a critical discourse analysis
title_short Excavating the meaning of information and communication technology use amongst South African university students : a critical discourse analysis
title_sort excavating the meaning of information and communication technology use amongst south african university students a critical discourse analysis
topic Information Systems
url http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10213
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