Global Media and Information Literacy Week, commemorated annually, is a major occasion for stakeholders to review and celebrate the progress achieved towards “Media and Information Literacy for All”. Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2021, hosted by South Africa, will take place from 24-30 October 2021.
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Social media is an unexpected giant that has now taken over all aspects of life. Businesses, churches, schools, restaurants, hotels, just to name a few, are now able to operate almost fully on social media. Social media are the interactive technologies that capacitate the creation and sharing of media and information by individuals. Platforms for such interaction constitute SMS-based messaging platforms (WhatsApp, FB-Messenger), Social Networking sites (Instagram, LinkedIn), Blogging Platforms (Wordpress, Blogger), Microblogs (Twitter, Tumlr) among others.