Tag: Weaponisation of the news media

This is a summary of the trending, highest impact, and most active themes and narratives related to social cohesion and division in South African public-domain social media conversations for the week ending on 5 November 2020. Read full article

A social media movement using the tag #PutSouthAfricansFirst has been found to peddle malicious, divisive untruths about human trafficking that have the potential to incite xenophobia. Read full article

A social media movement using the tag #PutSouthAfricansFirst has been found to peddle malicious, divisive untruths about human trafficking that have the potential to incite xenophobia. Read full article

A crisis such as the Covid-19 pandemic creates the perfect opportunity for those who wish to cause confusion, chaos and public harm, mis- and disinformation enables them to do just that. This week we look at the responsibility of prominent people to share credible, verified information, and the importance of digital literacy in an age...

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 between 23 and 30 September 2020. Read full article

Adam Armstrong heads up the he heads up an organisation called The Digital Narrative Manipulation Project – they look at how information on line is manipulated and how it affects South Africa. Listen to full interview

This is a summary of the trending, highest impact, and most active themes and narratives identified in South African social media conversations in the past week. Read full article