Herman Wasserman

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Our book of the week reveals how disinformation, surveillance, and inequality are embedded in WhatsApp's everyday use, reframing the app's much-lauded encryption as a lived, contested terrain of power. By @4digitaldignity & @hwasser on @NYUpress buff.ly/RW9ClT6

Are young people critical about the media they consume, or have they become so cynical that they avoid the news altogether? In this new article, Dani Madrid-Morales and I explore this question. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Today we hosted our #WorldPressFreedomDay commemoration, highlighting media independence and sustainability. | @StellenboschUni @MatiesResearch

“We named our tribe after the African continent”. Thanks @MaxduPreez

For those who can read Afrikaans (behind a paywall...) Thanks to Willemien Brümmer for an insightful interview. netwerk24.com/netwerk24/stem…

Dr Bernhard Goodwin from @LMU_Muenchen visited the Journalism Department to explore collaboration and exchange opportunities with Prof Herman Wasserman, Department Chair. #stelliesjourn #fass_stellenboschuniversity #stellenboschuniversity

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@hwasser Do a spell check before you post. Damn its not my first language either but just try a little harder

The US president’s executive order on South Africa isn’t about fairness—it’s a cynical ploy to stoke racial paranoia and shore up his right-wing base, says @hwasser africasacountry.com/2025/02/trumps…

For insight into what’s really happening in South Africa and how Trump’s executive order allowing certain white Afrikaner farmers to qualify as “refugees” is based on disinformation watch this very good @AlJazeera segment.

I spoke to Al-Jazeera about farm attacks, Trump, disinformation and the media youtu.be/lz53nunjNB8

“In 2023, there were 49 murders related to people who worked on these farms. In total, South Africa had almost 30,000.” @ZaidJilani and @hwasser spoke with us about farm attacks in South Africa. Full report ▶️ youtu.be/lz53nunjNB8

My take on the tech bros: litnet.co.za/metas-moderati…

We warmly welcome the #CASFellow/s and members of Sahana Udupas' @4digitaldignity #CASResearchGroup Anmol Alphonso @AnmolAlphonso @boomlive_in, Kiran Garimella @gvrkiran @RutgersCommInfo, Elonnai Hickok @theGNI, and Herman Wasserman @hwasser @StelliesJourn.

New research conducted with Murmur Intelligence: dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-1…

Proud to announce the launch of this new Centre: @ciia_africa x.com/ciia_africa ciia.africa

@FreedomULaw & @StelliesJourn invite you to our 2nd partnership lecture. The lecture will focus on the role of the NPA and the rule of law in South Africa. Our keynote speaker will be Shamila Batohi, the NDPP. RSVP by 5 Nov 2024. #FreedomUnderLaw #StellenboschJournalism #NPA.

The research team of the project Countering Information Disorder in the Global South had our second annual workshop in Stellenbosch recently. Here are some of the outcomes of the meeting: idrc.sun.ac.za/global-south-u…

@hwasser @SUArtsSocialSci Prof @hwasser, Dr @MarenetJordaan, Prof @MsawenkosNdlovu, @AniGroenewald and Andre Gouws discuss the history and present reality of journalism education and practice #SACOMM24 #PoliticsOfThePresent