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. Africa Day 25 May As Africa Day celebrations kicked off on the Monday morning, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s message commending the continent was the top...
Tag: Digital Narrative Manipulation
The week in social media | 18 May – 24 May 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. Madagascar still in the news Madagascar was one of the top topics by volume, with narratives related to President Rajoelina’s address and Madagascar’s stance...
The week in social media | 11 May – 16 May 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. The tobacco debate isn’t going away More information was revealed about the government’s U-turn on the sale of tobacco and alcohol during Level 4...
The week in social media | 3 May – 8 May 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. Gareth Cliff’s letter to the President: “We are losing hope” Gareth Cliff’s letter to the President was the fifth biggest topic by volume while...
The genesis of narrative manipulation on social media
In this episode, we track the recent history of narrative manipulation and its potential for sowing division on issues, national social cohesion and elections. It looks at how you become a target based on your online profile.
Tracking the spread of fake news in SA | Fin24
Social media platforms have become thoroughly efficient at connecting many people quickly, making Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and others indispensable to our families, our friends, our work and every part of our lives. Read the full story here >
Curbing the spread of fake news | eNCA
UCT’s Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change launches a project to combat COVID-19 fake news. Over the next six months, social media analytics will be used to track and counter the spread of fake news.
Daily Dosage – #CareZA – 4 May 2020
This DAILY DOSAGE of Data is a high-level summary of the trending, highest impact, and most active Themes & their respective Narratives related to SOCIAL COHESION & DIVISION MIS & DIS INFORMATION as identified from South African public-domain social media conversation Download Report
Daily Dosage – #CareZA – 3 May 2020
This DAILY DOSAGE of Data is a high-level summary of the trending, highest impact, and most active Themes & their respective Narratives related to SOCIAL COHESION & DIVISION MIS & DIS INFORMATION as identified from South African public-domain social media conversation Download Report
Daily Dosage – #CareZA – 1 May 2020
This DAILY DOSAGE of Data is a high-level summary of the trending, highest impact, and most active Themes & their respective Narratives related to SOCIAL COHESION & DIVISION MIS & DIS INFORMATION as identified from South African public-domain social media conversation Download Report