Social media Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/tag/social-media/ Opinion, Lifestyle, Arts, Music #TIA Fri, 16 Dec 2022 14:36:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://i0.wp.com/thisisafrica.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-logo-512x512-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Social media Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/tag/social-media/ 32 32 67616479 Flooding a spear of unity against waves of online abuse https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/flooding-a-spear-of-unity-against-waves-of-online-abuse/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/flooding-a-spear-of-unity-against-waves-of-online-abuse/?noamp=mobile#respond Thu, 15 Dec 2022 01:05:16 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=72598 Women seem to be valued and judged more by their looks than expertise and online spaces are being weaponised to devalue and damage the reputation of women (public figures) through trolls. Wezi Mhone a Zambia musician and SGBV advocate publicly broke down when her picture was intentionally altered and ugly gendered comments were showered at her.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/flooding-a-spear-of-unity-against-waves-of-online-abuse/feed/ 0 72598 Cartoon | Museveni’s son will not leave Twitter https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/cartoon-musevenis-son-will-not-leave-twitter/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/cartoon-musevenis-son-will-not-leave-twitter/?noamp=mobile#respond Fri, 21 Oct 2022 14:29:13 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=72185 Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, his diplomatic uncouth son should stay off Twitter but the outspoken son remains defiant.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/cartoon-musevenis-son-will-not-leave-twitter/feed/ 0 72185 Interview — TRACE TV co-founder Claude Grunitzky chases his next big idea https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/interview-trace-tv-co-founder-claude-grunitzky-chases-his-next-big-idea/ https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/interview-trace-tv-co-founder-claude-grunitzky-chases-his-next-big-idea/?noamp=mobile#respond Tue, 11 Oct 2022 10:34:51 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=72072 Claude Grunitzky documented the urban culture scenes of different regions with his early media venture, TRACE TV. As lockdown put new emphasis on decentralised work culture, the Togolese-American journalist and businessman rolled out his new idea, TRUE Africa University, to empower the young African entrepreneurs going it alone. He shares insights into his work in an interview with This Is Africa.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/interview-trace-tv-co-founder-claude-grunitzky-chases-his-next-big-idea/feed/ 0 72072 African newspapers can be anti-African too: what my research found https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/african-newspapers-can-be-anti-african-too-what-my-research-found/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/african-newspapers-can-be-anti-african-too-what-my-research-found/?noamp=mobile#respond Thu, 29 Sep 2022 09:44:25 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=71962 African media also emphasise the west as superior and Africa as inferior.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/african-newspapers-can-be-anti-african-too-what-my-research-found/feed/ 0 71962 William Ruto vs Kenya’s media: democracy is at stake https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/william-ruto-vs-kenyas-media-democracy-is-at-stake/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/william-ruto-vs-kenyas-media-democracy-is-at-stake/?noamp=mobile#respond Mon, 19 Sep 2022 07:02:47 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=71883 Kenya’s election winner has fired the first shot in a war of attrition against legacy media.

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