Jakub Siwak

Jakub Siwak is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Media and Communication, of the School of Language, Media and Communication, Nelson Mandela University. He teaches undergraduate modules in Cultural Studies and New Media, and postgraduate modules in Research Methodology. He also serves as the coordinator for Masters and Doctoral Study and is currently involved in international Erasmus exchange for staff and students. His research interests incoprorate post-structural philosophy, new media and mediated representations of nature.  

Research Interests

Cultural Studies, New Media 
 
Modules
 
LMC 401, LMC 425, LMCV 202, LMCV 252, LMCV 312, LMCV 382
 
Sites
Journal Articles
  • Siwak, J. (2023). Looking at animals through a digital lens – a general repetition of tendencies and a different take Stilet 35 (1)               
  • Siwak, J. (2019). Affective Communication: Exchanges between People and Nature via Information Technology Communicatio                 
  • Siwak, J. (2018). Digital communication and agency: Unseen infrastructures that influence our communicative capacities online Communicare 37 (1)

Book Chapters

  • Siwak, J. (2019). Chapter: The Virtual Identities of Actual Gamers: An Analysis of Popular Response to Mass Effect 3 (Pages 239 - 246) In: Engaging with Videogames: Play, Theory and Practice Inter-Disciplinary Press (BRILL) 
  • Siwak, J. (2025) Effective Communication on Climate Change in Africa: Global Noise, Local Expression. In: Climate Change Communication in Africa: Emerging Trends and Practices Routledge/Taylor & Francis