Policy, Programming & Perspectives on the SABC Media Monitoring Africa, the LINK Centre at the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand and SOS: Support Public Broadcasting Coalition invite you to a free public seminar on public broadcasting policy and programming and the role of t...
hildren account for 39% of our population but only 12% of news stories mention them. Why should this matter? Because children, in a very real sense are our future – but also the today and now. We have significant challenges in South Africa, and long term solutions to all of them, from child abuse,...
Reporting on Children and Reporting by Children: Join us as we launch our latest research on Reporting on Children as well as our Children’s News Agency website. Find out how the media performed and which media performed the best. Is the coverage of children getting any better? Is there something ...
There has been a significant public outcry over the recent case of a girl being gang raped and the rape being filmed. The story appeared in the Daily Sun on Wednesday 18 April 2012 and was picked up by mainstream media shortly thereafter, with talk shows focusing on the issue as well. In addition ...
Invite: Open House Debate on The Impact of Social Media on the Arab Spring Monday 5 March 2012 – 16:00 to 18:00 Follow: #ArabSpringSA @MediaMattersZA ProJourn, Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) and the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism (IAJ) invite you to an Open House public deba...
It’s a world first. It’s possible that the idea is quite mad. But we’ve done impossible things before, and if any country can achieve something remarkable, it’s us. This February, it’s our constitution’s 15th birthday, and we thought we should celebrate a little differently. The challeng...
MMA welcomes the speech from the Minister of Communications, Dina Pule. There is much to be pleased about in the new minister’s plans, with one particular area of concern raised below. DTT: In particular, we welcome the invitation to work in partnership with the Minister in developing the commun...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) notes with deep regret the decision taken in the National Assembly today to pass the Protection of Information Bill. We call on President Zuma and the African National Congress to follow through on their pledge of a fully public and consultative process on this Bill. Wh...
What are we seeing and hearing in the media about child protection and trafficking? What is the media missing, what are they getting right? What do ordinary people understand by the concept human trafficking? How does the reality of it differ from people’s ideas and perceptions, and more important...