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    A content analysis of readers' comments on political and economic news articles: A study of Zimbabwe online media.
    (University of Fort Hare, 2015-01) Mathe,Limukani
    A qualitative content analysis was used to study readers' comments on political and economic news articles of Zimbabwe online media. The study focused on readers' comments published on Newlimbabwe.com, Herald.co.zw, Nehandaradio.com and Zimeye.com. Discourse theory, framing theory and network analysis were applied to extend and inform the analysis of the online discursive community. A purposive sampling technique was used to extract 400 comments in a time frame of sixteen weeks. Nvivo 10 was utilised to code these readers' comments into their political and economic categories. The research findings reflect that readers are more interactive and participative on online public forums, and their political and economic discourse echo political affiliations with either ZANU-PF or MDC.
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    An evaluation of intercultural communication challenges and their impacts on academic performance of the University of Fort Hare students.
    (University of Fort Hare, 2015-07) Mgogo, Quatro
    lntercultural communication refers to the communication which takes place amongst the individuals from distinctive cultures. However, problems and challenges are evident in cases where people are not able to accommodate each other or communicate effectively across cultures. This study is of the view that, because University of Fort Hare has distinctive students in terms of their cultural backgrounds, then there might be possibilities that they come across with challenges relating to communicating across their cultures, given the factors like ethnocentrism, stereotype, prejudice and value system. This research study is therefore an evaluation of intercultural communication challenges and their impacts on the academic performance of University of Fort Hare students.