For the period of 14 July – 20 July 2020 the Protest Query run by CABC returned: 15 157 mentions. 7 516 unique authors were involved in the conversation. Using that query forty (40) separate protests were identified as having occurred in the past week within South Africa. This document provides analysis and commentary on...
This is a summary of the protests that occurred over the period of: 14 July – 20 July 2020 Summary of the Week: Download Report (PDF) A total of forty (40) protests were recorded. The table below shows a breakdown of the motives or issues that led to the protests occurring: Protest 1: Service Delivery...
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 17 to 19 July 2020. Download Report (PDF) Racist Proteas Racism in sport was a hot topic of conversation on Twitter this weekend, as South...
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 16 July 2020. Global trends impacting on South Africa are also included. Conversations around foreign nationals, inadequate resources for the health sector and black identity...
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 14 July 2020. Conversations around how to cope with the current spread of the pandemic, as well as its current and long-term effects continue to...
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 10 to 12 July 2020. Global trends affecting South Africa are also covered. Download Report (PDF) Tightening of Lockdown Level 3 President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed...
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 8 July 2020. Global trends impacting on South Africa are also included. Download Report (PDF) Going public As South Africa’s COVID-19 caseload rises, more people...
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 7 July 2020. Global trends impacting on South Africa are also included. Download Report (PDF) Inciting discord A recently opened Twitter account – which has...
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The Center for Analytics and Behaviorial Change focuses on social cohesion and narrative manipulation. Program Director Stuart Jones weighs in.
