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SA's new ICT governance: Good or bad idea?

A recent report highlighted the South African government's plans to initiate an intricate framework of ICT governance in a bid to enhance security and bolster service delivery. This week, we take a look at some of the talking points by discussing them in a podcast.

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Tech to combat modern slavery

Sex trafficking can be considered a modern day form of slavery. You would think slavery ended long ago. But no, it's still lurking in our society's backyards. Unfortunately, the proliferation of technology, such as the Internet and mobile tools, has played its role in enabling and faciliating the abduction, sale and procurement of transportation of sex slaves which are most commonly girls or young women. 

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Does pornography cause sexual violence?

Pornography…why this issue? Again? It’s a thought provoking topic as evidenced by the scholarly work done to investigate the effects of pornography on children and adults alike. However, most research focused on pornography as an indistinct phenomenon with respect to sexual violence. How does pornography differ across various media platforms and to what extent does it differ? And to what extent is sexual violence such as rape committed as a result of pornographic influence?
 
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Old, new media and sex

Scholars have long linked sex to media and technologies. These scholars have researched aspects of online pornography, digital sexuality and identities, masculinity, femininity, online dating and relationships and how the proliferation of such sexual contents and activities on media technologies affects sex, sexuality, sexual attitudes and behaviors in people.

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