The great debate: Covid-19 and how Africans are perceived
No other continent has suffered the level of racism and prejudice that Africa has, write Cameren Peter and Shivani Ghai, and it continues to this day. Read full article
Public Health Media
We might well bury the ANC alongside our Covid-19 dead
Bloated with corruption and fraught with internal intrigues and divisions, where normalised deviance is the compass that points to the way ahead, might it be that the body politic can no longer endure the ANC? Might it just be that the ANC’s comorbidities render it fated to an abrupt death in the face of the …
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How the great Covid-19 race debate played out on social media
As initial unity over the pandemic fades, social media is now awash with polarising conversations. Read full article
The week in social media | 27 July – 02 August 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. Tito tells it like it is …
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The week in social media | 21 -26 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. Ineffective Leadership in South Africa On …
The week in social media | 15 -20 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. It’s baaaaaack…..Load Shedding! Load shedding has …
The great back to school debate
Unpacking the debate on Social Media around learners returning to school in the midst of the Covid-19 outbreak. Read the full article here >
Debate on smoking ban is creating engaged citizens
Social media has made it easier for us to keep in touch with our loved ones and also gave us an easier way to gather information. But with this easy access to news and information, also comes the issue of fake news. These are facts that haven’t been checked and just shared as true. …
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The great tobacco debate played out on social media
The ban on the sale of tobacco products may have , polarised the country, but it also opened debate about issues of health and policy. Read full article
The spread of disinformation around the COVID-19 pandemic in SA social media
Kieno speaks to Dr Camaren Peter Assoc Prof @ Allan Grey Centre for Values Based Leadership @ UCT GSB.
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