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Dr Quatro Mgogo

Senior Lecturer : Communication Studies
Quatro.mgogo@ru.ac.za
046 603 8012

Qualifications:
B A Communication (UFH), Communication (Hons) UFH, MA Communication (UFH), PGdip Higher Education (Wits), PhD Media and Communication (UFH).

 
Address:

Room 207 Africa Media Matrix

Upper Prince Alfred

Makhanda

6140

 

Postal Address:

School of Journalism and Media Studies

Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网

PO Box 94

Makhanda 6140



Course

JMS2 Fundamentals of Communication

JMS3 Communication for Development and Social Change

JMS4 Strategic Communication

                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Professional involvement:
  • Extraordinary Research for Indigenous Language Media in Africa
  • Advisory board member Communicating Migration and Mobility (CoMMPASS) in Africa.
  • Secretary for Humanities and Social Sciences Alumni Association (HSSAA MEMBERS-EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE)
  • A member of The Southern African Communications Industries Association (SACIA)
  • Advisor board member Grocott’s Mail
  • A Peer review for the Journal of Critical Arts

 

2023: Oxford Media Policy Institute Fellow, 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 of Oxford, United Kingdom, Programme in Comparative Media Law & Policy (PCMLP), Centre for Socio-Legal Studies.

2022: Invited as a speaker/presenter at the 3rd Annual International Social Justice Conference at Stellenbosch Presented by the Law Trust chair in social justice Prof Thuli Madonsela.

2021: A mentor host for DSI HSRC Internship

 

Research Areas

Indigenous Language Media in Africa

Media Representation

Development Communication

Intercultural Communication

                                                                                                                                                                                                              

 

Selected Research Publications
  • Mgogo, Q & Osunkunle, O. (2020). Intercultural communication challenges and its effect on students’ interpersonal relationships at a South African university. Journal of Human Ecology, 72(1–3), 36–47. This is Scopus listed journal.

 

  • Mgogo, Q., & Osunkunle, O. (2022). Understanding of Culture: Overcoming barriers to intercultural communication in Higher Education. In Usadolo, S.E., & Oparinde, K. Editor (Eds.). Communication and Interculturality in Higher Education: Unveiling Contextual Barriers. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN: 1-5275-8898-X

 

  • Mgogo, Q. (2022). Cracking the PhD Code: An Epistemological Lens on the Oddments of The PhD Journey. In Murambadoro, R., Mashayamombe, J., & Wenkosi, U. Editors (Eds.). The PhD Experience in African Higher Education. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN- 13:9781793645371

 

  • Mgogo, Q., & Nokutywa, S. (2023). Reinterpreting Technological Language: The Use of Facebook Emojis to Construct New Meanings in Isixhosa Language. African Language Media. Indigenous Language: Routledge African media, Culture and Communication Studies. Edds, Mpofu, P., Fadipe, I, and Tshabangu, T. ISBN- 9781003350194

 

  • Mgogo, Q., & Osunkunle, O. (2021). Xenophobia in South Africa: An insight into the media representation and textual analysis. Global Media Journal, 19(38), 1–8. This is an IBSS listed journal

 

  • Mgogo, Q., & Osunkunle, O. (2023). Students’ perceptions of media on perpetuating xenophobia in South African universities. Journal of transdisciplinary research in Southern Africa. 18(1), a1218. This is a DOAJ-listed journal

 

  • Molale, T., & Mgogo, Q. (2023). More Than Just Edutainment: Indigenous South African Community Radio Music Programmes as Preservers of African Traditional Cultures. In 100 Years of Radio in South Africa, Volume 2: Community Radio, Digital Radio and the Future of Radio in South Africa(pp. 87-109). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.