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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: SOCIAL MEDIA
2019 Social network interviewing: a southern methodological innovation that aims at maximising emancipation: understanding adolescence in African contexts
Social network interviewing (SNI) is an exploratory research and intervention tool from South Africa aimed at creating a template for young ...
Download this report2019 The effectiveness of Twitter as a tertiary education stakeholder communication tool: a case of #FeesMustFall in South Africa
Twitter has been a prevailing proxy in activating South Africa???s #FeesMustFall student movement. This research explores whether or not, so...
Download this report2015 Science and the social media in an African context: the case of the square kilometre array telescope
This study presents a media content analysis of representations of the Square Kilometre Array telescope on Twitter by South African users, d...