Taalgenoot interview on the impact of Technololgy on Human Relationships
1. How does communication technology change the interaction of people (for example: from as young as 11 years children start to MXit and spend as much as 3 hours per day in their own virtual world.. But on Facebook long lost friends can keep in contact. Kindly give positive and negative comment) Technology allows people […]
Podcast – Jeremy Maggs interview on SAFM
This was one of the best interviews I’ve done on the topic of Facebook and MXit ever. Also interviewed with me was Lynne Cawood, director of Childline Gauteng and Steven Ambrose, director of World Wide Worx Strategy. The interview was for a almost an hour on the After 8 Debate, a segment of the morning […]
Patricia de Lille vs MXit and the Bloggers
You may have heard Patricia de Lille speaking out on MXit and Blogging over the last few days. Well she was on 702/Cape Talk radio last night. I tuned in towards the tail end of the conversation. Dave Duarte, a blogger, stepped in to defend freedom of expression with blogging. I called in to make […]
Growing impact of MXit and chat rooms on adults
There is a growing impact of MXit and chat rooms on adults in South Africa. You can read about the previous article reported on this website from the Sunday Times about a “sorid sex scare” here. A married woman went behind her husband’s back and she chatted to strangers on MXit. She ended up having […]
Sordid sex scare on cellphone chat system
By Barbara Hollands “Mxit addicts are like other addicts they start meeting a legitimate need for love or caring in an illegitimate way.” He wants to know who my contacts are, but I know he talks to other women and that he gets naked pictures of them. The trendy new cellphone chat system, Mxit, is […]