The Gautrain : active communication research on the manifestations of the hacker ethic by citizen journalists

Description

Thesis (MTech. degree in Journalism) -- Tshwane University of Technology, 2010. / Explores the themes derived from the six tenets of the hacker ethic in blog posts about the Gautrain project over a one-year period. It also describes how citizen journalists express the six tenets of the hacker ethic when blogging about the Gautrain project.

Links & Downloads

1. http://encore.tut.ac.za/iii/cpro/DigitalItemViewPage.external?sp=1001288

Tags

Railroads -- South Africa -- Gauteng.

Dissertations, Academic -- South Africa.

Hacktivism.

Citizen journalism.

Computer hackers.

Blogs -- Social aspects.

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:tut/oai:encore.tut.ac.za:d1001288
Date	January 2010
Creators	Pritchard, Maritha.
Source Sets	South African National ETD Portal
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Thesis
Format	PDF
Rights	Tshwane University of Technology