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Socially antisocial: The impact of COVID-19 on social media consumption

Posted By: Mawo Bakasaon: May 12, 2020In: Media agency

There is an ancient Chinese curse that says, “May you live in interesting times”. This has certainly rung true in our generation. Read more

The Lockdown Chronicles #6: Walking with Nietzsche and New Balance

Posted By: Gordon Mulleron: April 01, 2020In: Opinion

One of the methods traditionally used to highlight the distribution and market viability of haves and have-nots is socio-economic segmentation and the SEM model. Read more

Laughter in the time of a pandemic: why South Africans are joking about coronavirus

Posted By: Herman Wassermanon: March 16, 2020In: Online

Almost immediately after the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in South Africa, the jokes started. From memes featuring prominent politicians to bad puns, from TikTok video clips to pictu... Read more

Digital news and revenue challenges and trends unpacked

Posted By: Michael Bratton: September 30, 2019In: Digital

With digital revenue generation continuing to be a challenge for many news publishers, WAN-IFRA sought to provide some case studies and solutions. Read more

World of Media: Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp go down, WPP scraps with Accenture, how many followers does a celebrity make?

Posted By: Glenda Nevill & Michael Bratton: July 05, 2019In: News

The Media Online's weekly wrap of need-to-know global media news. Read more

South Africa: The WhatsApp ‘news’ sharing nation

Posted By: Glenda Nevillon: June 18, 2019In: News

SA is the only country in a Reuters study on digital news consumption that discovers and shares more news via WhatsApp than Facebook, and more than 70% are worried about their ability to dis... Read more