- Title
- Shifting the Narrative on Food Insecurity: An Investigation into the Potential Power of Social Media to Promote Sustainable Practices
- Creator
- De Raedt, Amy
- Subject
- Food security--South Africa
- Subject
- Ecosocialism--South Africa
- Subject
- Economic development--Moral and ethical aspects
- Date Issued
- 2022-04
- Date
- 2022-04
- Type
- Master'stheses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/55290
- Identifier
- vital:51448
- Description
- Food insecurity is a prevailing problem and according to a report released in 2019 by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), about 2 billion people in the world experience moderate or severe food insecurity (FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO 2019: vii). Consequently, if we are to make a significant change in these statistics, the actions taken to “tackle these troubling trends will have to be bolder, not only in scale but also in terms of multisectoral collaboration” (2019: viii). It is against this backdrop that this study will explore the discursive landscape around four social media applications - OLIO, Too Good To Go (TGTG), KHULA and OneFarm Share - working to fight food waste, tackle food insecurity and reimagine the food system. This study is situated in the field of media studies and adopts a qualitative approach, with hermeneutics as the specific research strategy which “[seeks] understanding, rather than to offer explanation” (Kinsella 2006: n.p). This study maps the development of media effect theories over the years and explores where it is today, drawing on key thinkers in the space of new media including Lister, Manovich and Castells. This is followed by a discussion of food insecurity globally, and then locally within a South African context, as well as through the lens of ecosocialism drawing on voices such as Kovel and Löwy. This will lead to a content analysis of the four selected applications exploring the discursive landscape around each, and what similarities and disparities emerge.
- Description
- Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Humanities, Language, Media and Communications, 2022
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- Format
- 1 online resource (110 pages)
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Humanities
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
- Rights
- All Rights Reserved
- Rights
- Open Access
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