Masculinity and popular culture

In my Master's degree thesis;I take a keen interest on masculinity and popular culture. Here is the link to my thesis:http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:30736?site_name=GlobalView&exact=sm_creator%3A%22Mulolani%2C%20Happy%22&sort=sort_ss_title%2F&fbclid=IwAR3uAjxcXUWLkx6OATSY9GhZyqAvyvq1HZdYhqkzmivWYDtW0-OwmVGtQDo

STUDENT PROTESTS

BY HAPPY MULOLANI Student protests in 2015 resulted in the creation of a movement which became very instrumental in the FeesMustFall campaigns. This movement calls for higher education to become more accessible to less privileged. Social media played a critical role in this cause in that students constructions and representations in the media reflect the tensions existing within these social spaces across universities in South Africa. 2015 marked the year when there was a class struggle which enabled societal shift in terms of transformation. Something significant happens which is symbolic for students and as they describe it, it is a hard won and deep transformation''Reality is a discursive construction'' In the study, who is speaking,when do students speak, when do authorities act! An examination of this subject matter through textual analysis is material and symbolic, in that there is a shift in society as students erupt. It's interesting to explore how discourses around fees must fall campaigns shift and how the government through the ministry of higher education has taken into account free education according to various student's categories. However, the question is how sustainable is free education and for how long will it exist? What options or mechanisms exist to sustain it. While the use of technology in particular, social media has enabled the students struggles to be addressed but for how long. It is these discussions and debates that social media builds on given that these inequalities have existed for years.