It's been a bad week at the office for top British PR firm, Bell Pottinger, culminating in its expulsion from industry body, the PRCA, with its reputation in tatters. Read more
Fake news, false claims, invented opinions and online rumour can seriously burn your reputation. Disinformation has been used as a tactic in both politics and marketing for as long as we hav... Read more
Wits University’s Journalism and Media Studies Department has just published their latest State of the Newsroom report. The annual publication maps key developments in the South African medi... Read more
The year 2016 will go down in history as the year in which fake news really took centre stage. It played a decisive role in major events such as the outcome of the US elections and the Briti... Read more
The scent of chaos hangs heavy in the air. Donald Trump evokes it in Cleveland. Islamic State sows it in Nice, Brussels, Paris, Orlando. Britain is immersed in it after Brexit, while the EU... Read more
The spectre of advertising bans on liquor and fast food advertising as well as restrictive onslaughts against the media are glaringly evident in President Jacob Zuma’s choice of cabine... Read more
