Browsing Research Output by Author "11798777 - Otto, Hannelie"
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Communicative action: the Habermasian and Freirean dialogical approach to participatory communication for social change in a post-1994 South Africa
Otto, Hannelie; Fourie, Lynnette Mitizi (Buro vir Wetenskaplike Tydskrifte, Potchefstroom, 2009)Despite its almost four decade mainstay, the field of participatory communication for social change still experiences a definitional and pragmatic problem regarding what exactly participation is (cf. Jacobson & Storey, ... -
Local municipalities and progress with the delivery of basic services in South Africa
Krugell, Willem Frederik; Otto, Hannelie; Van der Merwe, Jacqueline (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010)In 1994, South Africa adopted the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) and emphasised the delivery of services to meet basic needs. Since then great strides have been made to redress past social inequalities. ... -
Local municipalities and progress with the delivery of basic services in South Africa
Krugell, Willem Frederik; Otto, Hannelie; Van der Merwe, Jacqueline (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010) -
Media-usage patterns and political knowledge of NWU students: the 2009 election
Fourie, Lynnette Mitizi; Otto, Hannelie (Unisa Press/ Taylor & Francis, 2011)One of the central elements in a sustainable democracy is an informed and independent voters' corps who is knowledgeable regarding democratic values and the policies of different parties, and who participates in democracy. ... -
Theorising participation as communicative action for development and social change
Otto, H.; Fourie, L.M. (University of Johannesburg, 2016)This article explores, through a basic conceptual-theoretical analysis and a review of relevant literature, the usefulness of employing the communicative action theory of Jürgen Habermas in theorising the elusive notions ...