The medium’s power to shape public opinion and promote social cohesion remains significant.
- Associate professor, University of the Western Cape
AI coverage in African media has shown that local voices and experts are missing.
South Africa’s press council may need more awareness campaigns to enable citizens to hold the media accountable.
The study analyses the social media feeds of three science journalism websites: Bhekisisa, SciBraai and The Conversation Africa.
Avec une histoire politique tumultueuse, la radio est aujourd'hui la première source d'information en Afrique.
With a dramatic political history, radio is today the number one source of news in Africa.
President Cyril Ramaphosa tried to foster social cohesion in his speeches during a pandemic that had exposed the nation’s divisions.
Social media is a lifeline for community radio, helping it grow by being shaped by young listeners.
Outspoken, astute and sometimes controversial, he transcended the role of talk radio host to become a public intellectual.
There’s a new wave of indigenous language podcasts that could attract big new audiences.
Study finds that the language used in news reports is often part of the problem, not the solution.
Struggle songs are relevant even in the post apartheid context because they continue to be an important way in which people deliberate on issues.
African media also emphasise the west as superior and Africa as inferior.
Multilingual teaching was a challenge under emergency remote learning conditions: computer systems weren’t adapted to indigenous languages.
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