Africa is the world’s largest market for Guinness beer – how its ad campaigns exploit men: Africa is the world’s largest market for Guinness beer (and Nigeria is second only to Britain for the most consumers in one country). The Irish brand’s success on the continent is regarded as a trailblazing business model. And that …
GB News’s first election – how the new channel could affect broadcast coverage of the campaigns: The prime minister’s announcement of a snap summer election in the UK caught many people by surprise. But broadcasters and the media regulator have been preparing for some time. Ofcom faces the challenge of monitoring how broadcasters report the …
In 2024, we’ll truly find out how robust our democracies are to online disinformation campaigns: I'm Friday / Shutterstock Disinformation, sharing false information to deceive and mislead others, can take many forms. From edited “deepfake” videos made on smartphones to vast foreign-led information operations, politics and elections show how varied disinformation can be. Hailed as …
The two faces of Jacob Zuma – former South African president campaigns to unseat the ANC he once led. Who supports him and why?: Former South African president Jacob Zuma’s political comeback builds on support from marginalised and angry constituencies within or close to the governing African National Congress (ANC). His vengeful but “loyal” rebellion …
Nostalgia in politics: pan-European study sheds light on how (and why) parties appeal to the past in their election campaigns: Unsplash/Jon Tyson, CC BY Have you ever felt nostalgic when thinking about the past? Then you are not alone. According to survey research, around two-thirds of the European public feel nostalgic. Nostalgia is defined as …
Brand-backed influencer campaigns can be hard to spot – how to tell if a company is behind a social media post: Prostock-studio/Shutterstock Nearly three-quarters of Generation Z (people born between 1996 and 2010) follow at least one influencer on social media platforms and 44% buy things based on influencers’ recommendations. This age group consists of …
Why some terror campaigns escalate to civil war and others don’t – study reveals surprising new answers: Guerillas from the Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo) pictured in 1990. Richard Hoffmann/Sygma via Getty Images Most terrorist campaigns – where a group targets civilians to achieve political objectives – are short-lived. But some aren’t. In some cases, terror …
What I like and hate about Nigeria’s election campaigns – political scientist: Kola Sulaimon/AFP via Getty Images Election campaigns are an important aspect of the democratic process in Nigeria. They give voters a chance to learn what a candidate or party stands for. In Nigeria, according to the Electoral Act 2022, election campaigns start six …
Social media campaigns can be effective — if offline action is also taken. A case study from Ghana: Ghana's protest culture has grown along with the spread of social media Dieu-Donné Gameli/Wikimedia Commons Ghana has about six million social media users out of a population of 31 million. WhatsApp, Facebook and YouTube are the three …
Why public trust in elections is being undermined by global disinformation campaigns: Public trust in elections is being undermined by disinformation campaigns. Shutterstock Public trust in elections is being targeted around the world by a series of disinformation campaigns from a range of international players. This is giving rise to an increasing lack of trust …
South Africa in the news: On the hustings: Party campaigns to kick off this week after IEC announcement: Local government election campaigns are set to kick off in earnest this week after the IEC announced that it would have a voters’ registration weekend on 18 and 19 September — almost two months after …: “South …
South Africa in the news: CoCT kicks off Tourism Month with several campaigns to bolster industry: The City of Cape Town has marked the start of Tourism Month with the announcement of several campaigns and strategies under the theme of ‘Tourism for Inclusive Growth’, which is all aimed at …: “South Africa” – BingNews In …
What men’s roles in 1970s anti-sexism campaigns can teach us about consent: Senior lawmakers in Australia, powerful professors at France’s Sciences-Po college and elite schools in Britain have all recently been accused of failing to deal with rape and sexual misconduct. In the face of those issues, talk of “rape culture” (the normalisation of rape …
How Airbnb and Uber use activist tactics that disguise their corporate lobbying as grassroots campaigns: Power to the platforms. AlesiaKan What David Cameron once called “the far-too-cosy relationship between politics, government, business and money”, has come back to haunt him. By lobbying on behalf of Lex Greensill’s influential finance company, the former UK prime minister’s …
What Elvis Presley’s televised polio vaccination can tell us about the shortfalls of celebrity-endorsed health campaigns: Elvis Presley received a polio vaccination on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1956 neftali/Shutterstock.com If you had tuned into the Ed Sullivan Show on October 28 1956, you would have witnessed an unexpected promoter of public health. Just before …
Why COVID-era campaigns against wildmeat consumption aren’t working: A newly-hunted wild boar is taken back to a village in Borneo. Paul Hasan Thung, Author provided COVID-19 probably originated as a virus that jumped from wild animals to humans. So some conservation organisations have used the pandemic to campaign against the hunting and consumption of wildlife …
US election 2020: how the rival candidates have used music in their campaigns: A 74-year-old man dancing half-heartedly and without much rhythm to the Village People’s YMCA while a host of other people complain about the playlist – it might conjure up an image of the tail end of a wedding reception. In fact, it’s …
South Africa in the news: Manu Tuilagi ruled out of England’s Autumn Nations Cup and Six Nations campaigns due to torn Achilles: Centre will be sidelined for around six months and will undergo surgery next week which will rule him out of the entire 2021 Six Nations campaign …: “South Africa” – BingNews NTT Ltd. …