Theatre Interview: Charmaine Weir-Smith – Psyched About Social Media, Or In Lou Of Serenity
By BRUCE DENNILL Expelled is a family drama that focuses on the largely ungoverned world of social media. Alex, a Matric pupil at an elite school, gets caught up in a viral scandal and is suspended. Once a post is shared, lives alter in seconds: what’s...
Book Extract: Big Bully – Unsocial Media, Or Victims Of Validation
Big Bully: An Epidemic of Unkindness by Marion Scher is published by Bookstorm and available now. This extract is published by permission. A different world In early 2022, Alison Gray, deputy principal of Westerford High School, granted me a...
Book Extract: Khaya Dlanga – It’s The Answers For Me, Or Snooping And Side-Effects
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] In March 2020 Khaya Dlanga found himself bereaved, alone and facing an indefinite lockdown as a result of COVID-19. Like most of us, he turned to social media to maintain some human connection and his...
