ABSTRACT
Television in the fourth wave is read as tele-vision, and many interpret it as “tell the vision”. The fourth wave is thriving because of social media. Social media has taken over the media space of other media, like print media, that many feared would cease to exist. In the fourth wave, social media is a platform where interaction between the prophet and the followers is visible. Social media increases the accessibility of the prophet to their followers. The most common social media platform among prophets is Facebook. One of the key features of the fourth wave is their ability to use media, especially Facebook. Twitter, although not popular in the fourth wave and among the followers of prophets in South Africa, presents another form of interaction in social media that is different from Facebook. The problem with social media, especially Facebook, which is used by many churches in the fourth wave, is that many people create pseudo-accounts with pseudonyms.
