The genesis of narrative manipulation on social media

In this episode, Associate Professor Camaren Peter, Executive Director at the CABC sits down with Wellington Radu, who is the Regional Head of Programs for Southern Africa at Futurelect, to reflect on this year’s elections. Topics of conversation include encouraging democratic participation, particularly among the youth, and the role social…

Listen to the new episode of the Pulse as we interview Chris Roper the deputy CEO for the continent’s largest federation of civic technology and data journalism labs, Code for Africa (CfA). Chris also serves as director for CfA’s forensic data initiative, the African Network of Centres for Investigative Reporting…

Camaren Peter, PhD, Executive Director of the Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) and Ebrahim Fakir , Director of Programmes at the Auwal Socio Economic Research Institute (ASRI) delve into how social media was used during the South African Local Government Elections 2021 as well as engage in a…

A Prof Camaren Peter, Executive Director of the CABC interrogates traditional and social media's role in reporting, analysing and fueling the unrest with Heather Robertson, editor of Daily Maverick 168 and Herman Wasserman Senior Research Associate of the CABC.

A Prof Camaren Peter, Executive Director of the CABC interrogates traditional and social media's role in reporting, analysing and fueling the unrest with Heather Robertson, editor of Daily Maverick 168 and Herman Wasserman Senior Research Associate of the CABC.