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The usage of social media on public relations regarding #GenderBasedViolence.

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  Gender-based violence is any physical abusive behaviour towards either male or female, old or young. In most cases women are often victims of GBV than men. South Africans are trying to avoid these actions while other pointers are fuelling the matter more. Social media usage is one of the most influential tools in this matter, Public Relations Practitioners should be aware of what they engage in this sensitive matter since they use social media a lot. Social media has some more advantages towards the gender-based violence matter. There are some social media campaigns that have impacted positively towards this issue, with the influence of certain Public Relations agencies and social media influencers. We had trends like #WomenLivesMatter , #Notinmyname and many hashtags that managed to raise awareness and condemning gender-based violence. Even certain organisations shared tips on how to treat victims of GBV   Disadvantages of social media towards the gender-based viol...
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The usage of social media on public relations regarding #eskomloadshedding

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  Loadshedding is a planned method of evenly distributing the available electricity among all Eskom clients. The power company believes that any outages do not last more than two hours at a time and that, in most circumstances, customers are informed in advance. Also, it's done in a rotating manner. isn’t it too much that we have struggled for so long by facing this ongoing problem called loadshedding? I really think public relations practitioners can help in advocating for this issue by using the means of social media platforms to inform and engage or even relate with the publics maybe the solution might surface in the process of discussing about   this issue.   Public relations practitioners can use social media by putting hashtags in what they are posting regarding Eskom loadshedding because these hashtags creates exposure for that particular post to more than just the followers, these hashtags makes you discoverable to people who might come across that particul...
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