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- The Sunday Independent - silenced before it had a chance to speak
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is concerned that the North Gauteng High Court sanctioned a gagging order on The Sunday Independent, without hearing from the newspapers lawyers.
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- Human Trafficking – Is the media telling the right(s) story?
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is launching a new website to look at issues of child safety and human trafficking.
MMA is working with children, media, NGOs and other interested and involved parties to create an environment in which myths about human trafficking are unpacked and a more comprehensive picture emerges of modern slavery in South Africa, and what we can do to stop it.
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- Talking the talk – but does Cwele really mean it? MMA is not convinced.
In making his second submission to a parliamentary committee on the Protection of Information Bill, Minister of State Security Siyabonga Cwele defended the proposed legislation as being in line with the South African Constitution, International Human Right’s Charters and Conventions and international best practice. Regrettably Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) remains unconvinced and here’s why.
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- Women see modest gains in world news media portrayal, Coverage still betrays significant gender bias
Women are still significantly underrepresented and misrepresented in news media coverage. That’s according to Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) research coordinated by the World Association for Christian Communication. Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) was the data analyst for the project which looked at media coverage in 108 countries. Despite the continued underrepresentation of women in media identified in these latest results, the project has also seen significant change since it began 15 years ago.
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- Don’t become an example of bad practice when it comes to reporting on children, warns MMA
The reporting of a story of two children from Soweto who were missing for two weeks and were found on Tuesday 21st September 2010 has highlighted the challenges faced by media in reporting on children.
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