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Daily Maverick OPERATION HATRED: Putting xenophobia first: Analysing the hashtags behind the Twitter campaigns
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Daily Maverick OPERATION HATRED: Putting xenophobia first: Analysing the hashtags behind the Twitter campaigns

Over several years, one hashtag has become prominent on social media for rallying behind a campaign calling on government and the private sector to prioritise local jobs for South Africans over foreign nationals, while blaming immigrants for crime, among other social issues. Read full article

PODCAST: Local Government Elections Wrap Up Report – Camaren Peter
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PODCAST: Local Government Elections Wrap Up Report – Camaren Peter

This is the final in a series of reports produced by the Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) and the Auwal Socio-Economic Research Institute (ASRI), who tracked election conversation trends on social media. The data is sourced fromTwitter and is publicly available in real time. The analysis includes a process of verifying a random...

VACCINE MIS/DISINFORMATION WEEKLY REPORT #13
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VACCINE MIS/DISINFORMATION WEEKLY REPORT #13

This week’s Vaccine Mis/Disinformation report focuses on the social media conversations drivenby Ramaphosa’s positive COVID-19 test result, vaccine hesitancy, vaccine skepticism,frustrations related to inequality, and uncertainty regarding the Omicron variant.   Read full report

PODCAST: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION 2021
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PODCAST: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION 2021

Camaren Peter, PhD, Executive Director of the Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) and Ebrahim Fakir , Director of Programmes at the Auwal Socio Economic Research Institute (ASRI) delve into how social media was used during the South African Local Government Elections 2021 as well as engage in a broader discussion the role of...

Media Release: Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change creates PSA “Last Words” to combat vaccine hesitancy
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Media Release: Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change creates PSA “Last Words” to combat vaccine hesitancy

A new public service announcement (PSA), “Last Words” has been launched on social media and will flight on DSTV, e.tv and other broadcast media during the month of December and January. And it’s just in time with the discovery of the new Omicron variant and increase in Covid cases talk about vaccine hesitancy. This PSA was...