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Cultural factors are behind disinformation pandemic: why this matters

Posted By: Herman Wassermanon: July 06, 2020In: Press

To fight the coronavirus infodemic, we need to understand how misinformation spreads in particular host environments. This requires a study of culture, context and lived experience of media... Read more

How fake accounts manipulate what you see on social media – and what you can do about it

Posted By: Jeanna Matthewson: June 26, 2020In: Digital

Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram started out as a way to connect with friends, family and people of interest. But anyone on social media these days knows it’s incr... Read more

Brands, know this: What’s needed now is authenticity

Posted By: Johnny Johnsonon: June 19, 2020In: Communications

Like much else, including the intelligent management of brand equity during the pandemic, it comes down to good leadership that is translated into good brand communications that translate au... Read more

SABC expands access to news, lashes union for spreading unverified information

Posted By: TMO Reporteron: March 30, 2020In: News

The SABC has expanded its news and current affairs services on its free-to-air television channels as a direct response to the escalating need for public awareness. Read more

Media workers ‘essential to continued operations’

Posted By: TMO Reporteron: March 24, 2020In: News

President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his extraordinary and powerful address to the nation on Monday night [23 March 2020], has placed South Africa in a 21-day lockdown. Only personnel and businesse... Read more

COVID-19 highlights the relevance of traditional mass media

Posted By: Chris Moerdykon: March 19, 2020In: Opinion

The coronavirus pandemic has illustrated very clearly the importance and reliability of traditional mass media, while showing up the flaws and dangers of online social platforms. Read more