CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Social Media, Fake News and Hate Speech

NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY, SOUTH AFRICA FACULTY OF HUMANITIES INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE MEDIA IN AFRICA (ILMA) CONFERENCE JUNE 27 – 28, 2020 NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY, MAFIKENG CAMPUS, MMABATHO, SOUTH AFRICA The advent of social media (such as Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, YouTube etc.) has brought about democratisation of communication as the public that hitherto had been considered to be consumers …

SCREENING: ‘Under the Rainbow’ (Dir. Pamela Adie)

16:00, Saturday, 12.10.2019, AFDA Johannesburg Pamela Addie is a Nigerian based queer rights activist.  She will be visiting South Africa to engage with activist organisations here.  GALA is working with these activist organisations such as Iranti and ISLA who are hosting Pamela. On Saturday, 12 October, 2019 (16:00) her film “Under the Rainbow” will be screened at …

CFP: Valenti Global Communication Summit 2020

Call for Papers Valenti Global Communication Summit 2020 “@frica: digital media conference” Houston, TX – February 27/28, 2020 Deadline for extended abstracts: November 22, 2019 While the economic, political, cultural and social transformations brought about by the rise of digital technologies, particularly in the media and telecommunications sectors, are visible all over the world, it …

EVENT: Mini-INPUT Johannesburg

The Mini-INPUT will be showcasing productions screened and discussed at the INPUT 2019 conference which was held in Bangkok in May 2019. More than 400 delegates (all TV professionals) gathered in Bangkok to discuss and showcase the state of broadcasting. Mini-INPUTs are designed, to disseminate know-how and solutions to local broadcasting professionals and are scheduled …

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

As per §10 of the SACOMM Constitution, it is time to Call for Nominations for Executive Committee Members for the different Streams of SACOMM. “Interest Group Conveners” (or the Executive Committee) are, with the Presidium, responsible for the daily running of SACOMM.

Lecture: Jonathan Haynes

AFDA invites SACOMM members the a lecture by the visiting Fulbright Senior Scholar, Jonathan Haynes. His area of specialisation is Nollywood. He would like to engage with us on more up to date perspectives on Nollywood – as he is currently the Fulbright Senior Scholar, Departments of English and Creative Arts at the University of Lagos, Nigeria. He …

ARTS AND CULTURE TO HOST THE 2019 SOUTH AFRICAN FILM SUMMIT, JOHANNESBURG

 MEDIA STATEMENT Government through National Department of Arts and Culture will host the South African Film Summit from 04 – 05 February 2019 at Skyrink Studios, in Johannesburg Gauteng. The Summit will be held under the theme: “Transformation and innovation in the South African Film/Audio-Visual Industry and the 4th Industrial Revolution. Are we geared for change?” …

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EVENT: Mini-INPUT Johannesburg – 28 & 29.09.2018

INVITATION The JHB Mini-INPUT will aim to talk about the current state of Television through Workshops, Screenings and Round Table Discussions. TV Programmes which were selected, screened and debated at INPUT in New York, will be screened around themes pertinent to TV makers in South Africa today. Programmes in the interest of the Audience. Global …