Have you ever been in a situation where every contact is forwarding you the same message on WhatsApp about that particular thing?
As soon as you open YouTube, every video talks about that one thing.
Every notification you receive on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter tell you about that particular thing.
Have you ever seen fake news spreading with the speed of light?
You must have seen it because it is too familiar nowadays.
Continue reading “Effects of Fake News on Social Media”In line with its fourth pillar, ‘To help children & young people develop healthy habits & connect them to services’, YUVA collaborated with students from Curtin University Mauritius to launch a campaign on mental health awareness among university students, on the occasion of the World Mental Health Day.
As part of an assignment for their module ‘Media for Social Change’, students Reasha Subrun, Vedisha Sadien, William Ng Wong and Jean-Yan Norbert, of Curtin University Mauritius, sought out collaboration with YUVA to launch a campaign on mental health, with an emphasis on social media as the medium to spread awareness among university students.
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