Prof Susan Brokensha
Position
Associate Professor
Department
English
Address
9B 218
ENGLISH
IB 28
Telephone
0514013571
Office
Flippie Groenewoud Building: Block B 218
Information

Short CV

Publications (Short List)

Last five years:

Brokensha, S.I. 2020. Friend or foe? How online news outlets in South Africa frame artificial intelligence. Ensovoort 41 (2020), number 7: 2. http://ensovoort.com/friend-orfoehowonlinenews-outlets-in-south-africaframe-artificial-intelligence/

Brokensha, S.I. & Conradie, T. 2021. Killer robots, humanoid companions, and superintelligent machines: The anthropomorphism of AI in South African news articles. Ensovoort, 42 (2021), number 6: 3. http://ensovoort.com/killer-robotshumanoidcompanions-and-superintelligentmachines-theanthropomorphism-of-ai-in-southafrican-news-articles/

Brokensha, S., Conradie T. & Greyling, W. 2022.“I did not know that there were problems”: Government officials’ blame avoidance strategies in the Life Esidimeni Arbitration Hearings. Text & Talk (de Gruyter).  https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-0208

Forthcoming publications:

Brokensha, S.I. (`(Mis)Trust in the news media’s anthropomorphic framing of AI technologies in the (future) world of work: Perceptions of humanities students in South Africa`. In The 4IR and the Humanities in South Africa: Critical Perspectives on Innovation, Power and Potentialities. South Africa: AOSIS.

Combrink, H.M.V.E., de Wet, K., de Villiers, F., Brokensha, S. & Kotzé, E. Forthcoming. Basic digital education and the digital divide in South Africa: A Free State perspective. African Development Perspectives Yearbook, Volume 23(2022). Bremen, Germany: University of Bremen.

 

Senekal, B.A. & Brokensha, S. The potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for decolonising education in South Africa through the development of indigenous languages. South African Journal of African Languages.

Monographs:

Brokensha, S.I. Kotzé, E. & Senekal, B.A. 2019. Reinventing the social scientist and human in the era of big data: A perspective from South African scholars. Bloemfontein: SUN MeDIA.   

Brokensha, SI., Kotzé, E. & Senekal, B.A. Forthcoming. AI in and for Africa: A humanistic perspective. (AI and Robotics Series). Boca Raton, FL: Chapman & Hall.


 

Area(s) of Interest

Discourse analysis 

Computer-mediated communication

Social media research

Framing of emerging technologies (Artificial intelligence; Big data)

Courses Presented

ENGS1506 (English Skills for Law Students)

ENGA6814 (An Introduction to Applied Linguistic Theory in the English Language Classroom)

ENGQ6814 (Digital Media Research)

ENGA6824 (Applied Linguistics from Global South Perspectives)

ENGM8900 (MA)

ENGD9100 (PhD)

CSIS6813 (Introduction to Research - Department of Computer Science and Informatics; Guest lecturer: Qualitative research methods)

 


FACULTY CONTACT

T: +27 51 401 2240 or humanities@ufs.ac.za

Postgraduate:
Marizanne Cloete: +27 51 401 2592

Undergraduate:
Neliswa Emeni-Tientcheu: +27 51 401 2536
Phyllis Masilo: +27 51 401 9683

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