6 November 2017, IOL, Georgina Crouth If you wouldn’t put it up on a billboard on the N1 or M3, don’t put it up on social media. That’s the message to consumers of social media from Taryn Hinton, legal adviser and co-ordinator of Media Monitoring Africa’s Reporting on Children in the Media c...
On that trip she met with representatives from Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), a non-governmental organization that promotes inclusive and unbiased media coverage of all individuals. The experience piqued her interest. “They were a really friendly, colorful bunch,” she said of the MMA organizers....
It is necessary to introduce legislation against hate speech, but in its current form, the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill fails in its purpose. This is the view of William Bird, director of Media Monitoring Africa. Jan Gerber, ‘Hate crimes bill ‘makes sense’ but t...
William Bird of Media Monitoring Africa said these websites were problematic in the sense that the information often related to real issues. “In South Africa so much of our news is so bizarre that it could actually be fake, so the stories on those websites are not that bizarre,” he said....
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) says it is looking at ways to tackle false news websites, which is on the increase. William Bird says, ‘’One of the reasons they don’t put legitimate sources into the news sites very often is because they know that if they were to quote you saying something you ...
Primedia Broadcasting CEO Terry Volkwyn resigned on Monday amid continuing minority shareholder dissatisfaction with the planned takeover of the company by the Times Media Group (TMG). Dineo Faku, ‘Primedia top exec quits in Times Media row’, IOL, 15 November 2016, 09:04am...
Our media are often their own worst enemy – poor reporting, badly constructed news pieces, unverified, sometimes clearly biased, or unethical and harmful or just plain churnalism. When they are guilty of those practices their condemnation is understandable. A new set of awards sets out to promote ...
William Bird, Executive Director Media Monitoring Africa, speaks to Stephen Grootes about SABC presenting a submission to Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) to have the regulations around prime time news bulletins amended. The public broadcaster joins free to air independen...
Times Media Group (TMG) has emerged as the frontrunner to buy Primedia from its shareholders for an undisclosed amount. Primedia is a media and advertising group that targets premium consumers. It is jointly owned by the Mineworkers Investment Company (MIC), Brait Entities, Old Mutual and FirstRand ...