Social Media Revolution Series
Covering the election beyond our memes: what role for visual politics and social media?
May 13, 2016 09:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Staffers for Immigration Minister Peter Dutton recently asked for an unflattering photo of him at a press conference, already posted and noticed online, to be taken down by the reporter who posted it. The response to...
Social Media Revolution Series
How social media is changing the church
May 05, 2016 16:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Over the Easter weekend, the Church of England encouraged its congregation to share photos of their services and celebrations on social media using the hashtag #EasterJoy. Its not strange for a large organisation to...
Social Media Revolution Series
Five years after the Arab Spring, how does the Middle East use social media?
Feb 24, 2016 14:35 pm UTC| Insights & Views
In 2011, the Arab Spring rocked many parts of the Middle East. Regime change in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya saw the departure of long-established seemingly untouchable political leaders and inspired ripples of protest...
Social Media Revolution Series
How South Africa's financial sector handles risks linked to social media
Feb 18, 2016 04:09 am UTC| Insights & Views
The main focus of debates about social media is increasingly about the risks involved with its use. This is particularly true when it comes to large companies. Combined with the use of smartphones, social media is, for...
Social Media Revolution Series
Social media response to Islamic State must be more agile: Turnbull
Jan 19, 2016 03:45 am UTC| Insights & Views
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has called for the campaign against Islamic State (IS) to considerably improve its use of social media, declaring the cybersphere demands reactions as rapid as the kinetic...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight