Research data
The HSRC Research Data Service provides a digital repository facility for the HSRC's research data in support of evidence based human and social development in South Africa and the broader region. Access to data is dependent on ethical requirements for protecting research participants, as well as on legal agreements with the owners, funders or in the case of data owned by the HSRC, the requirements of the depositors of the data. We facilitate data use by preparing comprehensive metadata and disseminating data and related documents to appropriate target audiences. Data sharing is subject to an End User License agreement. Data sets from the following projects have been curated and are available for use:
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Research data: MEDIA SECTOR
2017 The stars in our eyes: representations of the square kilometre array telescope in the South African media
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope is set to become the largest telescope on Earth, and also the largest science project in Af...
2010 The public understanding of biotechnology in the media
Biotechnology has the potential to contribute towards addressing several national priorities, including aspects of health, food security, an...
Download this report2009 Challenging patriarchal scripts?: a gender analysis of South Africa's community print media
There are an estimated 100 community print media titles in South Africa, none of which are regulated by the Press Ombudsman. Instead, as no...
2008 Unnamed men and available women: connecting the popular, the personal and the political in racialised hyperheterosexual representations of women in South African magazines
The aim of this presentation is to reflect on the linkages between the popular, the personal and the political. I do this through interrogat...
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