Social Media

Traditional media: A block against deadly pathogens and people

Article Kate Bartlett - 3 Apr 2020

Several polls since the start of the pandemic show a majority of people checking the news several times a day and turning to trusted news sources and state broadcasters rather than social media

Beware, the cybervirus criminals want you

Article Thando Maeko - 2 Apr 2020

During times of crisis, people turn to trusted sources for accurate information. This leaves them vulnerable to cybercriminals

UCT to loan (some) students laptops during Covid-19 lockdown

Article Bongekile Macupe - 1 Apr 2020

The university is also surveying its students to ascertain what kind of support they need to be able to participate in online learning

Foreign nationals need to assist police in curbing crime

Article Zenzo Moyo - 16 Feb 2020

Infraction knows no nationality, but identifying perpetrators is necessary to control it

Countering climate denialism requires taking on right-wing populism. Here’s how

Article Richard Calland - 15 Feb 2020

Global cooperation is essential if climate action is to be effective, amid the right-wing onslaught against multilateralism

Cyberflashing: Get your dick off my phone

Article Tiffany Kagure Mugo - 29 Jan 2020

It’s the tech version of the street corner flasher — or a man hoping you’ll reciprocate with a clit pic

Botswana’s media is in crisis

Africa Joel Konopo - 29 Jan 2020

COMMENT We live in a divided political environment and amid radical economic disparities. But there is one thing...

Conclusions about the effects of digital media are often incomplete, irrelevant or wrong

Article Byron Reeves, Nilam Ram & Thomas N. Robinson - 22 Jan 2020

Humans are barraged by digital media 24/7. Is it a problem?

Football on the colonial frontier

Sport Luke Feltham - 17 Jan 2020

Still fighting for their right to return home, exiled Chagossians are using football to unite a diaspora

The hidden costs of social media use in elections: A Ghana case study

Africa Elena Gadjanova & Ghadafi Saibu - 4 Dec 2019

Efforts to mitigate the double edged nature of social media in politics must take into account local information environments

Noise or signal? Social media’s role in Bolivia’s coup

Article Maria Gabriela Palacio - 27 Nov 2019

Narratives spread on social networking sites were used to justify military intervention in democratic processes

Boy or girl? US parents go too far in gender reveals

Article Sebastien Duval - 20 Nov 2019

American parents are no longer satisfied with traditional gender reveal methods

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Mbalula defends changing taxi operating times

Thando Maeko - 3 Apr 2020

Regulations for taxis have been relaxed over the last few days of the lockdown prompting criticism. Transport minister Fikile Mbalula however, has defended the decision

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