Herman Wasserman is Professor and Chair of the Department of Journalism at Stellenbosch University and Director of the Centre for Information Integrity in Africa (CIIA). His 17 books include Tabloid Journalism in South Africa; Media, Geopolitics; Power Media, Conflict and Democracy in Africa, and Disinformation in the Global South. He is a Fellow and Board Member of the International Communication Association and member of the Academy of Science of South Africa. His awards include the Georg Foster Prize from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany), the Neva Prize (St Petersburg State University), a Fulbright Fellowship (USA) and the Stals Prize for Communication Science (Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns).  He has been a visiting professor at the universities of Groningen, Utrecht, Houston, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität and Tsinghua. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Annals of the International Communication Association and African Journalism Studies, and Associate Editor of International Communication Gazette. He holds an A-rating from the National Research Foundation.