THE number of South African internet users has nearly doubled in the past decade. One 2023 study of 45 developed countries suggests that South Africans even lead the world when it comes to the amount of time spent in front of screens, at 58.2% of the day. SISANDA NKOALA, Senior Lecturer, University of South Africa BLESSING MAKWAMBENI, Senior Lecturer in Communication Science, Cape Peninsula University of Technology TRUST MATSILELE, Lecturer in Journalism, Cape Peninsula University of Technology This digital transformation has significant implications for the country’s media. Particularly for newsrooms that want to engage online audiences in a time when…