Resources on Fact Checking COVID-19-related Misinformation
Many African fact-checking organizations have been making sure that misinformation related to COVID-19 on social media does not go unchecked. There are several very useful resources that are regularly upated with examples of inaccurate or false posts circulating on social media. Here is a rolling list of some of...
“Deconstructing De-legitimization of Mainstream Media as Sources of Authentic News in the Post-Truth Era”
A new article was publishedd in Communicatio: South African Journal for Communication Theory and Research by Moses Ofome Asak and Tshepang Bright Molale, researchers at North West University in South Africa, that explores the publication of “fake news reportage” on two South African newspapers. Here is the abstract of...