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news24: X Premium, South African law and what it means for you
A subscription-based service formerly known as BluTwittere, and now called X Premium, was introduced to allow anyone, not just celebrities…
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IOL: Hashtags showing anti-immigrant sentiment likely artificially manipulated – research finds
Johannesburg – In a new report, the Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) found that the online conversations using…
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Daily Maverick: Joburg fire disaster being used to fan flames of xenophobia ahead of 2024 elections
Scapegoating and disinformation about the fire spread rapidly. Various politicians blamed illegal immigrants and civil society organisations who had no…
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Webinar: Centre for Analytics & Behavioural Change (CABC) & the Enhancing Accountability Technical Assistance Facility (TAF)
The Centre for Analytics & Behavioural Change (CABC) & the Enhancing Accountability Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) present key findings from…
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ru.ac.za – Media and journalism academics gather to learn to code and future-proof the curriculum
It was a week in which academics wrote poems with ChatGPT and learned computational methods to collect data from thousands…
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OPINION | Camaren Peter: A tale of two countries – how SA’s psyche delineates along two dimensions
Camaren Peter reflects on the cases on two women – Lauren Dickason and Bongeko Buso – and how the two…
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SA’s challenges fuel online anti-foreign sentiment | The Citizen
Camo-clad men attacked a Zimbabwean delivery man and threatened Pakistani shops in Kempton Park over the weekend. Read full artical
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Blame ANC, not migrants for ills – Mashaba | The Citizen
ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba emphasises complex socio-economic challenges and criticises corruption, mismanagement, and the breakdown in border policing. Read…
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Daily Maverick – No matter what Elon Musk tweets about farm murders, two wrongs don’t make a white genocide
Elon Musk’s posts about a ‘white genocide’ and claims that white farmers are killed every day have no basis and…
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Report highlights prominence of xenophobia
The report mainly focuses on social media and the role it plays in xenophobic attacks. A recent report released by…
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Independent Philanthropy Association of South Africa: What philanthropists need to know about the future impact of big data and social media. Camaren Peter
What philanthropists need to know about the future impact of big data and social media on their work and on…
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Tracking fake news: You are not as street smart as you may think
The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) has expressed concern over narrative manipulation in private social media platforms such…
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ANALYSIS | Ebrahim Fakir and Molebogeng Mokoka: Twitterverse’s view on the municipal elections
Ahead of the municipal elections on 1 November, the Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) has been tracking conversations…
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ANALYSIS |Ebrahim Fakir and Molebogeng Mokoka | Elections 2021: There’s a f(r)action too much f(r)iction
As we head closer to the municipal elections expected to take place on 1 November, the trend of mis- and…
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Monitoring and analyzing social media conversations
Monitoring and analyzing social media conversations. Yossabel Chetty of the Center of Analytics & Behavioral Change joins us on iAfrikan BYTES…
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The same tool that is used to perpetuate misogyny, gender-based violence and inequality can be used to heal.
The same tool that is used to perpetuate misogyny, gender-based violence and inequality can be used to heal. Centre for…
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Online gender-based violence aims to be part of the process of eradicating violence
Research on online gender-based violence aims to be part of the process of eradicating violence. Read more.
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The same tool that is used to perpetuate misogyny, gender-based violence and inequality can be used to heal.
The same tool that is used to perpetuate misogyny, gender-based violence and inequality can be used to heal. Centre for…
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Project spotlights the critical role of Fathers in the lives of their children
By Esther Schippers Positive relationships with fathers or male caregivers and an environment free of violence are hugely valuable investments…
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Social media may deepen understanding of GBV: report
New report on GBV and social media looks at how AKA’s death was treated on Twitter. To read the…
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Daily Maverick: Joburg fire disaster being used to fan flames of xenophobia ahead of 2024 elections
Scapegoating and disinformation about the fire spread rapidly. Various politicians blamed illegal immigrants and civil society organisations who had no…
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news24: X Premium, South African law and what it means for you
A subscription-based service formerly known as BluTwittere, and now called X Premium, was introduced to allow anyone, not just celebrities…
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IOL: Hashtags showing anti-immigrant sentiment likely artificially manipulated – research finds
Johannesburg – In a new report, the Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) found that the online conversations using…
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Webinar: Centre for Analytics & Behavioural Change (CABC) & the Enhancing Accountability Technical Assistance Facility (TAF)
The Centre for Analytics & Behavioural Change (CABC) & the Enhancing Accountability Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) present key findings from…
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Online conversations about corruption in South Africa
This social media analytics report focused on corruption conversations in South Africa covering the period 01 May 2023 – 30…
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Xenophobia Social Media Analytics Report 4
The fourth instalment of our Xenophobia & Migrancy reporting series makes use of Nimmo’s Coefficient of Traffic Manipulation (CTM) to…
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OPINION | Camaren Peter: A tale of two countries – how SA’s psyche delineates along two dimensions
Camaren Peter reflects on the cases on two women – Lauren Dickason and Bongeko Buso – and how the two…
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Daily Maverick – No matter what Elon Musk tweets about farm murders, two wrongs don’t make a white genocide
Elon Musk’s posts about a ‘white genocide’ and claims that white farmers are killed every day have no basis and…
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heCareZA heCareZA Social Media Analytics Report 4
This social media analytics report focuses on misogynistic conversations in South Africa covering the month of June 2023. We present…
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Blame ANC, not migrants for ills – Mashaba | The Citizen
ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba emphasises complex socio-economic challenges and criticises corruption, mismanagement, and the breakdown in border policing. Read…
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ru.ac.za – Media and journalism academics gather to learn to code and future-proof the curriculum
It was a week in which academics wrote poems with ChatGPT and learned computational methods to collect data from thousands…
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Xenophobia Social Media Analytics Report 3
This social media analytics report focused on xenophobic conversations in South Africa covering the period 01 May 2023 – 01…
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Reviewing Twitter Blue in South Africa
Popular social media platform Twitter has undergone a number of changes since Elon Must took ownership last year. Among these…
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HeCareZa Social Media Analytics: Report 3
This social media analytics report focused on xenophobic conversations in South Africa covering the period 01 March 2023 – 31…
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SA’s challenges fuel online anti-foreign sentiment | The Citizen
Camo-clad men attacked a Zimbabwean delivery man and threatened Pakistani shops in Kempton Park over the weekend. Read full artical
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Report warns of xenophobic rhetoric for political gain
Narratives that conflate xenophobic sentiments with patriotism on social media could be used by political parties ahead of next year’s…
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Xenophobia Social Media Analytics: Report 2
This social media analytics report focused on xenophobic conversations in South Africa covering the period 01 March 2023 – 31…
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Data & Analytics on South Africa’s #NationalShutDown
In this episode of iAfrikan BYTES, we’re joined by Molebogeng Mokoka and Euston Witbooi from The Centre for Analytics and…
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Social media ‘guns for hire’ – Xenophobic rhetoric intended to manipulate SA
It appears, according to a report, that social media discussions on xenophobia are being manipulated, and that around 80 dormant…
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Study blows lid on xenophobic Twitter network run by ‘uLerato Pillay’
Over a decade after the first wave of widespread xenophobic attacks happened in South Africa, the country is still fraught…
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Daily Maverick: Joburg fire disaster being used to fan flames of xenophobia ahead of 2024 elections
Scapegoating and disinformation about the fire spread rapidly. Various politicians blamed illegal immigrants and civil society organisations who had no…
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news24: X Premium, South African law and what it means for you
A subscription-based service formerly known as BluTwittere, and now called X Premium, was introduced to allow anyone, not just celebrities…
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IOL: Hashtags showing anti-immigrant sentiment likely artificially manipulated – research finds
Johannesburg – In a new report, the Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) found that the online conversations using…
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Webinar: Centre for Analytics & Behavioural Change (CABC) & the Enhancing Accountability Technical Assistance Facility (TAF)
The Centre for Analytics & Behavioural Change (CABC) & the Enhancing Accountability Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) present key findings from…
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OPINION | Camaren Peter: A tale of two countries – how SA’s psyche delineates along two dimensions
Camaren Peter reflects on the cases on two women – Lauren Dickason and Bongeko Buso – and how the two…
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