22 May 2024, Luis Monzon, Hypertext There is no debate anymore, fake news on social media is dangerous, and according to Media Monitoring Africa, it poses a threat to South Africa’s democratic elections which are set to be held at the end of this month. Especially now during a time with ...
11 June 2024, IT Web, Admire Moyo Meanwhile, Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) has warned the increase of misinformation and disinformation on social media poses a threat to democratic elections. Addressing a webinar held yesterday, hosted by the Government Communication and Information System on the up...
21 May 2024, William Bird and Thandi Smith, News24 We know because for the last few months, we have been carefully archiving the online advertisements created by the registered parties across Meta (including Facebook and Instagram) and Google platforms. You can see them and other data...
21 MAY 2024, SA NEWS As South Africa draws closer to the seventh democratic elections, Media Monitoring Africa has warned that the increase of misinformation and disinformation on social media poses a threat to democratic elections. Addressing a webinar on Tuesday, hosted by the Government Communica...
20 May 2024, William Bird and Thandi Smith, Daily Mverick Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) was formed precisely because there was recognition that the media could have a significant impact on almost all electoral processes. In 1993, MMA – then the Broadcast Monitoring Project (BMP) –was...
15 May 2024, SABC News Election logistics and political party politics are some of the hot topics in the media coverage of this year’s general elections. This is according to Media Monitoring Africa’s bi-weekly elections media coverage analysis. The findings, covering the period between ...
12 May 2024, William Bird and Nomshado Nkosinkulu, Daily Maverick Media and information literacy has been a staple programme of Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) for 26 years, but it has tended to focus on children being equipped with critical media and digital literacy skills (read more about it hereÂ...
12 May 2024, William Bird and Nomshado Nkosinkulu, Daily Maverick Media and information literacy has been a staple programme of Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) for 26 years, but it has tended to focus on children being equipped with critical media and digital literacy skills (read more about it h...
12 May 2024, William Bird and Thandi Smith, Daily Maverick With under three weeks until our elections, we have seen a few examples of AI being used. This week we look at AI guidelines for political parties and tips for the public on how to spot possible AI. If you do see something dodgy online, [&he...