Herman Wasserman

Background

About Herman Wasserman

Dr Herman Wasserman is Professor of Journalism and Director of the Centre for Information Integrity at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He has published widely on media in Africa and disinformation, influence operations and information integrity in the Global south. His books include Tabloid Journalism in South Africa (Indiana University Press), Media, Geopolitics, and Power (University of Illinois Press) and Media, Conflict and Democracy in Africa (Oxford University Press). His latest book is Disinformation in the Global South (co-edited with Dani Madrid-Morales), published in 2022 (Wiley-Blackwell). He is a Fellow of the International Communication Association, an elected member of the Academy of Science of South Africa and a National Research Foundation A-rated researcher. His awards include a Fulbright fellowship and the Georg Foster Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany. Wasserman is Editor-in-Chief of the academic journals African Journalism Studies and the Annals of the International Communication Association, Associate Editor of Communication Theory and International Communication Gazette and sits on the editorial boards of several other international journals. He has consulted for, amongst others, the World Health Organization, UNESCO, Deutsche Welle Akademie, Digital Public Square, Africa Check, the Center for International Media Assistance and served on the scientific committee of Reporters without Borders.