The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) is embroiled in the war between fact and fiction as the constructive potential of social media is steadily being subverted by malicious motives. Read full document
Category: Media Coverage
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Praveen Naidoo | Social media’s altered influence | Citypress
The Constitution protects fundamentals adequately, but no country can legislate human decency, writes Praveen Naidoo. Read full article
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Camaren Peter | A nation divided: The battle for renewal | Citypress
The collapse of the social compact and deterioration of society into fragmented and polarised groups underpins the decline of democracy, writes Camaren Peter. Read full article
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Analyzing online narratives in real-time
Social media has undoubtedly become society’s primary source of entertainment, communication, and information. Monthly active Facebook users in Afrika total 139 million, while Twitter records Afrikan monthly users at 50 million.The ease of use of social media has substantially decreased the cost of producing news and information. Small to medium players with efficient tools are...
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The other pandemic: social media engagement around non-communicable disease preventive behaviours during Nigeria’s COVID-19 lockdowns (Full Academic Paper)
Given the complexity of global health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, it is typical for crisis-focused interventions to have a multiplicity of impacts. Some of these impacts may yield positive or negative externalities for health priorities that do not have the same perceived urgency Read full article
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amaBhungane Analysis: Who is behind South Africa’s xenophobic nationalism?
Evidence gathered for amaBhungane suggests that if South Africa descends into xenophobic violence, it will be disproportionately due to the actions of a few political actors. Read full article
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BusinessLIVE BIG READ: Fighting back against the global information disorder
The public sphere is being contaminated by rumour, hatred and deception, writes Herman Wasserman Read full article
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The Guardian Facebook ‘lacks willpower’ to tackle misinformation in Africa
As company pursues growth on continent, it stands accused of not putting enough money into moderating content Read full article
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allAfrica.com South Africa: Online Tactics Stoking Anti-Migrant Sentiment Around Xenophobic Killing, Report Shows
The killing of Elvis Nyathi, a Zimbabwean citizen who lived in Diepsloot, Johannesburg has prompted the Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) to unpack the online tactics that resulted in his death. Read the full article
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“Organizing for the smart African city: Leveraging the urban commons for exerting the right to the city” in Organization Studies co-authored from our Executive Director, Camaren Peter and Camille Meyer
To accommodate the need for community engagement and place-based approaches in smart city agendas in Africa, we build on the literature on smart cities, southern urbanism and the urban commons to develop a conceptual framework for urban commoning in Africa… Read full article