Media Release 29 March 2022 JOHANNESBURG, 29 March 2022 – Since 2003, MMA has been monitoring the coverage of children in the media to check adherence to ethical and legal frameworks […]...
In July, South Africa witnessed considerable news coverage of issues relating to the public unrest that some members of the public felt was brought on by the arrest of former […]...
News media can play a crucial role in bringing awareness around different issues and how they affect various groups in a society. Furthermore, journalists have the capacity to shape how […]...
This report provides a holistic analysis of children’s coverage in the media. Aspects such as where the stories came from; what they were about; how children were accessed; how they […]...
In Namibia, media reporting on children’s issues remains a challenge. However, this is not exclusive to the Namibian media industry as reports suggest that other Southern African countries also face […]...
Children were seldom accessed even in stories about them and were portrayed in roles that masked their capabilities and stripped them of their individual identity and in many cases left […]...
Considering that Child Protection Week provides ample opportunities for the media to report on issues affecting children, Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) assessed media’s performance in highlighting the challenges that compromise […]...
Media Monitoring Africa’s children’s programme aims to improve the portrayal and active participation of children in the news. In striving to attain this goal, MMA has done a lot of […]...
The beginning of the year is the start of great things, chiefly amongst these is the first day of the school year where children retire from their summer holidays and […]...