There has been some debate about the merits of shutting down the economy to stem a disease with a relatively low mortality rate, while many countries in Europe and Asia had no lockdown measures. Was the lockdown necessary? Read full article
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How the great Covid-19 race debate played out on social media | Citypress
As initial unity over the pandemic fades, social media is now awash with polarising conversations. Read full article
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24 Hour Trend Report | 27 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 24 to 26 July 2020. Conversations about the ANC and EFF featured prominently on social media over the weekend, driven by the EFF’s seventh anniversary...
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24 Hour Trend Report | 16 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 15 July 2020. Global trends impacting on South Africa are also included. Conversations about lockdown regulations, unemployment, poverty and poor governance gained attention on social...
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24 Hour Trend Report | 10 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 9 July 2020. Global trends impacting on South Africa are also included. Download Reports (PDF) Money Matters Conversations on socioeconomic inequality and money gained traction...
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24 Hour Trend Report | 8 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 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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24 Hour Trend Report | 7 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 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...
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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 >
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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...