This is a summary of the trending, highest impact, and most active themes and their narratives related to social cohesion and division in South African public-domain social media conversations on 6 July 2020. Global trends impacting on South Africa are also included. Download Report (PDF) Fight the stigma Following a weekend of unprecedented daily increases...
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The week in social media | 01 – 06 July 2020
Every day we observe, dissect and analyse the news and information driving the conversations around the week’s most topical issues on social media. These are the highlights you should know about. Remember we quote tweets verbatim so any grammar or spelling mistakes are as they appear in the tweet. Let’s go July! Positivity gets retweets...
The Great Back to School Debate | City Press
Unpacking the debate on Social Media around learners returning to school in the midst of the Covid-19 outbreak. Read the full article here >
CABC talks to misinformation during COVID-19 | The Nielsen Network
The Center for Analytics and Behaviorial Change focuses on social cohesion and narrative manipulation. Program Director Stuart Jones weighs in.
24 Hour Trend Report | 6 July 2020
This is a summary of the trending, highest impact, and most active themes and their narratives related to social cohesion and division in South African public-domain social media conversations from 3 to 5 July 2020. Global trends impacting on South Africa are also included. Download Report (PDF) Government inaction Last week businessman Vusi Thembekwayo posted...
Stuart Jones of CABC talks to Civil Unrest/Jet Set Breakfast/SAFm
The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) is based at the Allan Gray Centre for Values Based Leadership at UCT’s Graduate School of Business. The Centre uses social media (SoMe) dialogue and analytics to unearth emerging fractures in social cohesion in South Africa during the COVID-19 crisis. The CABC also provides analysis on other...
24 Hour Trend Report | 3 July 2020
This is a summary of the trending, highest impact, and most active themes and their narratives related to social cohesion and division in South African public-domain social media conversations on 2 June 2020. Global trends impacting on South Africa are also included. Download Report (PDF) Access to essential services Two posts about a lack of...
The latest CABC findings on civil unrest | SmileFm
Stuart Jones unpacks the results of the latests query Listen to full interview
Stuart Jones of CABC talks to Misinformation during COVID-19 | The Nielsen Network
Stuart Jones of CABC talks to Misinformation during COVID-19/The Nielsen Network Link to interview
24 Hour Trend Report | 2 July 2020
This is a summary of the trending, highest impact, and most active themes and their narratives related to social cohesion and division in South African public-domain social media conversations on 1 June 2020. Download Report (PDF) Racism stripped bare? The top topic of the day was “City of Cape Town” as allegations of racism poured...