Moneyweb: TikTok, Meta brace for Australian social media ban fallout
Lurking behind the debate, and driving the change, are the dark corners of social media that continue to extract a tragic toll. Read full article
FRIDAY BRIEFING | Posioned food crisis: Is closing spaza shops the answer? | News24
The blame is being laid on spaza shops for children’s deaths when there is no political will to deal with poor service delivery, unregulated trade in pesticides, and a lack of health inspectors Read full article
Gender Norms, Smile FM 25/11 With Kyle Janse
The Center for Analytics and Behavioral Change has released its latest report, Social Norms about Gender on South African Twitter.
HeCareZa Annual Report 2024
The HeCareZa Project Annual Report 2024 provides an overview of our initiatives, highlighting key achievements . Join us as we reflect on a year of progress. Read full report
Gender-Based Violence and Misogyny TikTok Analytics and Narrative Update in South Africa
Our final fact sheet for the year reviews GBV and misogyny content on the social media platform TikTok. Our findings indicate that a sizable conversation exists on the platform – with attention tied to major events, and linkages between outside media sources being a primary vehicle for the creation of short-form video content, which is …
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Gender-Based Violence and Misogyny 16 Days of Activism Narrative Update in South Africa
The 16 Days of Activism fact sheet provides digestible information on the state of the 16 Days campaign in 2024. Our findings indicate that, as per prior years, 16 Days struggles to capture the attention and engagement of individuals on the social media platform X – being driven predominantly by business, government and NGOs rather …
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Promoting Democracy and an Equitable Society: Xenophobia, spaza shops and allegations of food poisoning
In this special report we explore the conversation that took place concerning spaza shops and allegations that they were selling poisonous food. The report exposes instances of misleading information that is used to perpetuate stereotypes about foreign-owned spaza shops and outlines a pattern that appears to be prevalent through social and news media when accusations …
Social norms about gender on South African Twitter
This report offers an initial exploration into the perception and maintenance of gendered social norms in the South African context on X (formerly Twitter). The report explores norms related to masculinity, femininity as well as the LGBTQIA+ community. Our findings suggest further exploration into each individual ‘category’ is necessary, with preliminary insight indicating that Masculine …
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HeCareZa: ANNUAL REPORT 2023
The HeCareZa Project Annual Report 2023 provides an overview of our initiatives, highlighting key achievements . Join us as we reflect on a year of progress. Read full report
Smile 90.4FM: Digital Activism and Disinformation
Camaren Peters joins Benito Vergotine on Smile 90.4FM to talk about Digital Activism and Disinformation. They discuss the collusion between digital activism and disinformation, examining how it challenges democracy and reshapes modern activism.
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