Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is conducting bi-monthly monitoring and analysis activities in order to determine trends in coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic in terms of sources in South African media. This is a series and findings are compared against each other to show improvement, or the lack there...
In order to determine the trends in coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic in terms of sources in South African media, Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is conducting bi-monthly monitoring and analysis activities. This is a series of reports and findings are compared against each other to show improvement, o...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) has been monitoring media’s coverage of different issues with the aim of determining trends in coverage. Among the issues monitored is climate change, a topic that has climbed up on the agenda of political and environmental debates and discussions over the recent year...
Covid-19 and the Coronavirus has been dominating the media narrative around the world since the World Health Organisation announced the pandemic earlier this year. Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) has been monitoring and analysing the media coverage of the Covid-19 in South Africa. The purpose of the a...
9 October 2018, News 24, William Bird So where’s the upside? The upside is that for far too long we have taken the critical role our media play in our democracy for granted. They are often their own worst enemies and have failed to remind us, but if there is one positive aspect to the […]...
The Independent Online, 9 October 2018, Wendy Jasson Da Costa Sarah Findlay, programme co-ordinator at Media Monitoring Africa, said misinformation was easy to share and concrete steps should be taken to prevent this from doing the rounds. “A lot of people in South Africa feel uncertain and fragi...
15 August 2018, The Citizen, Citizen reporter The SOS: Support Public Broadcasting Coalition and Media Monitoring Africa, had called on the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) not to grant the licence because of the company’s Gupta links. Read the full article. ...
14 August 2018, Business Day, Bekezela Phakathi Media Monitoring Africa director William Bird said: “We are cautiously optimistic about the new deal. Given the prevalence of MultiChoice and the extra income for the SABC, it is good news that the news channel will continue. We also take heart a...
03 August 2018, Mail and Guardian, Sarah Smit Media Monitoring Africa told the Mail & Guardian that key editorial issues raised by the MMA have been sidelined by the SABC’s policy team drafting the editorial policies. Read the full article. ...