African Centre for Media Excellence
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This article was originally published in Daily Monitor. By Harold Acemah On June 20, the African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) and Uganda Human Rights Commission organised a one-day post-World Press …
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Alana Schetzer, University of Melbourne The rapid spread of fake news can influence millions of people, impacting elections and financial markets. A study on the impact of fake news on …
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Herman Wasserman, University of Cape Town; Audrey Gadzekpo, University of Ghana, and Chris Paterson, University of Leeds An enormous and increasing portion of the foreign development aid coming into Africa …
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Idi Amin at a press conference in Jjaja Marina, Uganda in July 1975. Courtesy of the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation, Author provided Derek R. Peterson, University of Michigan and Richard Vokes, …
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Photo by AbsolutVision on Unsplash. Jared Obuya, Moi University In Kenya, there’s growing debate about media accountability – that the media should act in the interests of the public good, …
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Photo by unsplash-logoBenjamin Dada Jennifer Ellen Good, Brock University From fictitious organizations posting polarizing messages on Facebook to robustly researched news stories being labelled “fake,” the pervasive power and importance …
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Science journalism and investigative journalism which seek to pursue the truth rather than just the reporting of events, are critically important in this age of fake news and fallacies.
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The media is a prism through which society sees itself. It shapes what we think about, what we believe and what we do. So when gender imbalance exists in the news media, these same imbalances often play out in society, leaving room for gender stereotypes, pay gaps and sexual harassment.
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