Karyn Maughan | Behind 'pseudo-martyr' Mkhwebane and the EFF's propaganda populism
Dan Mafora's new book, Capture in the Court, provides an incisive insight into the propaganda-driven populism that unites ex-Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane and the EFF and,, legal researcher Dan Mafora examines how carefully coordinated social media misinformation about the judiciary and the Constitution have replaced the Bell Pottinger state capture campaigns used to prop up the Gupta family network and target their opponents.
"In order to maximise media coverage, catchy soundbites are preferred. They are then disseminated through social media networks either through 'computational propaganda', which entails the use of bots and big data, or through the use of paid promo agents who both share and amplify the false information to manipulate public opinion," Mafora explains. South Africans need to be in the know if we want to create a prosperous future.
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