NARRATIVE CAPTURE: HOW DISINFORMATION BUILDS THE ARCHITECTURE OF OPPRESSION
Redi Tlhabi, lecturer, journalist
Friday 30 January 5.00 pm COURSE FEES R115; Staff and students R58
In collaboration with the Daily Maverick series of lectures.
This lecture will explore how information wars threaten democracy and the ideal of a shared humanity. Using recent case studies, Redi Tlhabi will expand on how individuals find themselves signing up for echo chambers that invariably shape their world and how they see others. She will critique the media’s amplification of such divisive politics and its complicity in creating the marketplace of lies. She will then challenge the audience to reclaim their curiosity and reflect on the emotional, economic and political toll of living in a constant state of outrage and fear. The lecture will conclude with how the manipulation of truth, the monetisation of outrage and hate have influenced her journey as a journalist and commentator, leading her to an unequivocal rejection of neutrality. Journalism cannot be neutral in times of upheaval and polarisation caused by lies, prejudice and disinformation.
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