Browsing Communication Studies Dissertations and Theses by Title
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Online media and the emergence of young Vietnamese citizens as environmental activists. A case study of the ‘Save Son Doong’ Movement
(2017)Various youth initiated grassroots environmental campaigns have emerged within Vietnam’s complicated political and media context over the past few years. This raises questions regarding how Vietnamese youth have taken ... -
Organisational communication in a strategic change project
(2008)Internal communication has an important part to play in the success of change initiatives. This research project assessed the success of the communication of a strategic change project (Student Max) to employees within ... -
The perception and response to change by members of a multicultural working group : a case study
(2012)This research project explores the perception of members of a multicultural working group to communication relating to organisational change, and their response to it. For the analysis the impact of cultural dimensions ... -
The relationship of the cultural dimensions of power distance, individualism-collectivism, and face concerns, and of immigrant status on the conflict communication styles of Chinese managers of ENZ subordinates in the New Zealand workplace
(2009)This qualitative study examines the relationship of power distance perceptions and conflict communication styles of Chinese managers of ENZ subordinates in a New Zealand workplace, an overlooked research field. One of ... -
The role of Chinese ethnic media in response to mainstream media’s portrayals of Chinese diaspora in New Zealand
(2015)Ethnic media is said to perform a number of roles, including: 1) protecting and (re) constructing ethnic culture and identity, 2) providing knowledge and information to newcomers and 3) giving an independent space which ... -
The role of Chinese social media in reputation management : the case of Fonterra
(2014)In this research project Fonterra was chosen as a case study in order to evaluate the effectiveness of its reputation in the Chinese market and to see Chinese social media's impact on its reputation during a time of crisis. ... -
The role of cultural values on the perception of advertising as offensive : a case study of Chinese tertiary students in Auckland
(2013)This case study examines the influence of culture values on the perception of offensive advertising among Chinese tertiary students in Auckland. Previous studies examining advertising that can potentially offend have ... -
The role of SANZ Live, a migrant radio programme, in making sense of place for South African migrants in New Zealand
(2016)This case study presents the findings of qualitative research into the role that a South African migrant radio program, SANZ Live, plays in supporting its audience to make a sense of place in Auckland, New Zealand, through ... -
Social change in Ho Chi Minh City : Vietnam through the eyes of its young citizens. A participatory visual ethnography methodology approach to photography, youth and social change in urban space
(2020)RESEARCH QUESTIONS: 1. How participatory photography can be used as a critical tool to acknowledge development issues in HCMC? 2. How participatory photography can be deployed as a tool to empower young residents in HCMC ... -
The storytellers : identity narratives by NZ African youth : a participatory visual methodological approach to situating identity, migration and representation
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can participatory visual methodologies within an African indigenous research framework be used to enable authentic voice representations of African youth in New Zealand? The aim of this Master ... -
Strategic stakeholder communication within international organisation : the case of ASEAN, Laos and the implementation of the ASEAN’s strategic plan
(2014)It is very important that stakeholders of an organisation should understand the vision, policies and strategic plan of the organisation that they are working for, or are involved with, in order for the strategic plan to ... -
Tongan women talking about their lives in leadership in New Zealand : a participatory visual methodological approach to talanoa, gender and culture
(2017-09)This thesis looks at the impact of gender and culture on leadership of Tongan women living in Auckland through a creative project consisting of an online documentary, a website tool and an exegesis. The desire to do ... -
The usefulness of corporate ethics programmes in integrating ethics into an organisation's culture
(2008)This research project examined how useful the components (code of ethics, ethics training, rewarding and disciplining employees) of corporate ethics programmes are in integrating ethics into an organisation’s culture. ... -
Workplace democracy and the role of social media in the contemporary corporate workplace
(2015-04)This study presents qualitative research that investigates the impact of social media in the corporate environment by examining two case studies located in the corporate economic sector in Auckland, New Zealand. While ...