Prof ZL Jansen

Qualifications

• MSocSci (UND)
• PhD (WITS)

Fields of academic interests

• Political economy and critical globalisation theory
• Information exchanges and news flows
• History of press & broadcast media in South Africa
• Media organisations and globalization
• Environmentalism and media

Books

Sociology, A South African Perspective. (2016). M. Seedat-Khan, Z.L. Jansen and R. Smith (eds). UK: Cengage Learning.

Online learning and the virtual classroom: A case study of the collaboration between the New School Online University (NSOU) and the University of KwaZulu-Natal in 2001, In Journalism and New Media Technologies in Africa, E. Biakolo, J.T. Tsaaior, A Tam-George and A. Agina (eds). (2011).

Ethics in field research in a society undergoing transition: the case of community-radio development in South Africa, in Szarycz, G.S.  2010.  In troubled waters: Navigating through the unexpected challenges and dilemmas of social research, New York: Cambria Press.

Journal articles

News and information trends in the North and South: a historical and sceptical orientation. (2015). ISA e-Forum https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2184739

International media and cultural flows: A critical political economy of media in the 21^st century, A case of the Reuters News Agency. (2013) https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/21528586.2013.784450

Innovations in technology and the online learning environment: A case study of inter-university collaboration, In ESSACHESS, Revue Interdisciplinaire de Sciences Humaines et Sociales, Vol. 3, 1, (5)/2010. Institutul European. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2184739

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

Editor: South African review of Sociology, Taylor & Francis: https://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?journalCode=rssr20&page=instructions

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Media and Communication Studies (JMCS), www.academicjournals.org