Dr Seriane Morapeli

Lecturer
Name: Seriane Morapeli
Location: B Ring 620 Auckland Park Kingsway Campus
Department of Strategic Communication Staff, Faculty of Humanities  Staff Members

Contact Details:

Email: smorapeli@uj.ac.za

About Dr Seriane Morapeli

Qualifications:

PhD in Strategic Communication, University of Johannesburg, MA in Strategic Communication [cum laude], University of Johannesburg

Overview/bio:

Seriane Morapeli is a Lecturer in the Department of Strategic Communication. As an academic she has years of experience lecturing Strategic Communication and Public Relations modules. She has successfully supervised Strategic Communication postgraduate students. Her teaching philosophy is centred on compassion and empowering students to embrace and incorporate their African lived experiences in their learning.

Research Interests: NGO/NPO; health communication; digital communication; AI; stakeholder activism, African migration

Achievements:

Facilitator of Winning Student Group for the Assegai Awards 2024 | Student Category | SANCA

2024 MTN Media Innovation Summit Panelist | Science and Health Communication in Africa

Facilitator of Finalist Student Group for New Generation Awards 2023 | Overall Student Group Category | Kids Haven

Facilitator of Finalist Student Group for New Generation Awards 2022 | Overall Student Group Category | The Heart and Stroke Foundation South Africa

UJ Hybrid Webinar Facilitator | 2022 | The Role of PR and Communications in Social Cohesion in Africa and Re-Branding the African Continent Post-Covid-19: In Collaboration with Academic & Industry Leaders from Four African Countries

PRISA | Online Webinar | Research Colloquium | Tell a Story about a Local Community Influencer

Conference Participation:

International Conference Crisis Communication and Conflict Resolution, Colloque international Communication de crise et résolution des conflits | (17-18 April 2024) | Cluj-Napoca, Romania

UJ Technology and Society | 2023 | Exploring the Effect of Black Twitter on South African Millennials’ Mental Health

Strategic Communication Conference | 2023 | The Use of Stakeholder-Inclusivity and Co-Creation for the Prevention of Underage Drinking

NIHSS ANDC Conference | 2023 | What Makes Adolescents Drink?

SACOMM | 2022 | The Influence of AI on the Strategic Communication Industry

3rd Ellisras Longitudinal Study and Other Non-communicable Diseases Studies International Conference | 2022 | A Health-Focused NGO’s Challenges for Preventing Cardiovascular Diseases amongst South African Millennials

NIHSS ANDC Conference | 2022 | Attitudes and Behaviour of Adolescents

NIHSS ANDC Conference | 2021 | A Stakeholder-Inclusive and Co-Change-Oriented Communication Approach to School-Based Alcohol Prevention Interventions

SACOMM | 2016 | What is the desired role of digital communication used by NPO’s in South Africa to change perceptions of migration according to a select group of digital communication experts?

Publications:

Morapeli, S., & Ratale, T.C. (2024). Exploring the effects of Black Twitter (X) on South African millennials’ mental health. The Thinker, 101(4), 80-88. https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/The_Thinker/issue/view/323/147

Morapeli, S., & Kazembe, S. (2024). #PutSouthAfricansFirst: Exploring how hashtag activism on Black Twitter promotes xenophobia. Communitas, 29, 158-175. DOI: https://doi.org/10.38140/com.v49i.8429

Morapeli, S. (2024). A health-focused NGO’s challenges in preventing cardiovascular diseases amongst South African millennials. African Journal for Physical Activity and Health Sciences, 30(3), 442-453. DOI: 10.37597/ajphes.2024.30.3.5

Morapeli, S., & Khemisi, M.C. (2024). The influence of artificial intelligence on the strategic communication industry. Communicare, 43(1), 48-58. DOI: 10.36615/jcsa.v43i1.1432

Contact details:

Email: smorapeli@uj.ac.za