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The influx of smart phones in most college classroom is impacting instruction in a way that was n... more The influx of smart phones in most college classroom is impacting instruction in a way that was never anticipated. Thus, a survey of full-time faculty members at a local university in the United States was conducted to test three hypotheses, followed by a one-on-one interview with a random sample of the same respondents to ascertain the effect of smart phones in the classroom. Results showed conflicting approaches by faculty on how to handle the situation. While some faculty members use smart phones for pedagogic reasons and experience positive results, most of them apply strict classroom phone policy with little success. Thus, a university social media tolerant policy for everyone to abide by in the 21st century seems to be the solution
This study stands as a progressive attempt to investigate the intercultural communicative dynamic... more This study stands as a progressive attempt to investigate the intercultural communicative dynamic between African and African American college students enrolled in historically Black colleges and universities. As these two distinct cultures share more of the same space, it becomes increasingly pertinent to evaluate and understand the ways in which perception and ste-reotype affect intercultural interactions. Utilizing focus group sessions, various cultural nuances and stereotypical perceptions of each culture are candidly discussed. A combination of Hans-Georg Gadamer’s phenomen-ology and Martin Buber’s dialogue act as the theoretical lenses that orga-nize the invaluable data collected from a focus group discussion. The underlying significance of this study is that the African diaspora created two distinct cultures that currently experience dissonance that may have otherwise not existed.
Social media and society, 2016
This paper examines the issue of social media interpersonal human interactions. The onslaught of ... more This paper examines the issue of social media interpersonal human interactions. The onslaught of social networking sites on the Internet for inter-human synchronous and asynchronous communication has revolutionized interactive communication. The fragmentation of audiences from the cultural, gender, class, race and value perspectives has complicated a unique theoretical dimension for understanding these forms of communications on social media. This paper attempts to conceptualize a theoretical benchmark for understanding identity formation when it comes to interpersonal communication level.
The Journal of Third World Studies, 2014
The study’s goals were to explore patterns in news consumption in ethnic minority communities and... more The study’s goals were to explore patterns in news consumption in ethnic minority communities and to discern the relationship of that consumption to community participation. We interviewed 196 participants in three Washington, DC, metro neighborhoods. Participants were African-American, Latino, African and other ethnic minorities, 52% female and 48% male. About half the participants said they get their news from television, with Fox and NBC preferred. About a fourth said they read a newspaper. Those listening to radio (18%) overwhelmingly preferred a minority-owned station. Participants leaned toward believing the news did not help them to understand crime, rising costs of living and other problems they faced each day. They criticized the overemphasis on negative news and what they believed to be racist coverage of crime, wishing instead to hear more about solutions to problems and more in-depth explanation for problems. They prefer news sources with greater detail, as well as news ...
INTRODUCTIONThe pervasive nature of information and communication technologies (ICT) has resulted... more INTRODUCTIONThe pervasive nature of information and communication technologies (ICT) has resulted in a fundamental shift in the way people access and read materials. Reading is an interactive process of sense making from printed or written words and is key to success in any academic pursuit and indeed in life. However the black people have rhetorically been known to have a poor reading culture. Lewis H. Michaux (a black American activist and book seller who lived between 18841976) once said "the best way to hide something from a black man is to put it in a book". A person's reading habit is developed over time; it therefore goes beyond the ability to just read and write to play a very crucial role in a person's day-to-day life to a point when it evolves into a habit and eventually a culture. According to Jonsson and Olsson (2008:27) "a reading culture means that reading is part of a specific culture and a habit that is shared and valued highly by that particul...
FOREWORD PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION CRITICAL OVERVIEW OF NEW MEDIA, MEDIA POLITICAL SYS... more FOREWORD PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION CRITICAL OVERVIEW OF NEW MEDIA, MEDIA POLITICAL SYSTEMS AND POLYGLOT MEDIATOCRA{Z}Y & DEMO-CRA{Z}Y: THE AFRICAN EXPERIENCE CHAPTER 1 INTERNET/ONLINE MEDIA ADOPTION IN AFRICAN ELECTIONS CHAPTER 2 AFRICAN POLITICS AND THE MASS MEDIA: EVIDENCE OF THE ROLE OF THE MEDIA IN ELECTIONS CHAPTER 3 MEDIA AND SUSTAINABLE POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA CHAPTER 4 MEDIA POWER IN ELECTIONS: EVIDENCE OF THE ROLE OF AGENDASETTING THEORY IN POLITICAL COMMUNICATION IN NIGERIA'S EVOLVING DEMOCRACY CHAPTER 5 MEDIA MANAGERIAL PRACTICES AND EFFECTIVE MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE ELECTORAL PROCESS: THE NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE CHAPTER 6 THE MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA: TOWARD THE ETHICS OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY CHAPTER 7 TRANSPARENCY IN THE POLLS: A REVIEW OF THE ROLE OF INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC) AND THE NIGERIAN TELEVISION AUTHORITY (NTA) IN THE APRIL 2011 GENERAL ELECTIONS IN NIGERIA CHAPTER 8 SOCIAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGY AND THE 2011 PRESIDENTIA...
Contents Table of Figures........................................................................... more Contents Table of Figures..........................................................................................iii Preface ............ ............................................................................................ ... ... Chapter Eight ....................................... ................................................... 147 Chieftaincy at the Crossroads: Politics, Society and ...
Journal of Black Studies, 2007
This study stands as a progressive attempt to investigate the intercultural communicative dynamic... more This study stands as a progressive attempt to investigate the intercultural communicative dynamic between African and African American college students enrolled in historically Black colleges and universities. As these two distinct cultures share more of the same space, it becomes increasingly pertinent to evaluate and understand the ways in which perception and stereotype affect intercultural interactions. Utilizing focus group sessions, various cultural nuances and stereotypical perceptions of each culture are candidly discussed. A combination of Hans-Georg Gadamer's phenomenology and Martin Buber's dialogue act as the theoretical lenses that organize the invaluable data collected from a focus group discussion. The underlying significance of this study is that the African diaspora created two distinct cultures that currently experience dissonance that may have otherwise not existed.
Africa has been hard hit with poverty and diseases and these have had immense effects on the qual... more Africa has been hard hit with poverty and diseases and these have had immense effects on the quality of social, cultural and political lives of the people. This has made development to move at a very slow pace in the last decades. But the presence of information and communication technologies (ICTs) have somewhat carved an alternative path to development. Not withstanding the urgency and enthusiasm with using this new medium of effecting social and economic change, the Internet has brought about negative as well as positive contributions to development in Africa. The contributions of scholars in the field of technology in bringing about change in the lives of people in Africa in general and South Africa in particular will be discussed and analyzed. The reviews and analysis of the contributions of the scholars in the field of development will be critical in judging the overall significance of the role of the Internet in promoting social change.
Howard Journal of Communications
Information Systems Frontiers, 2017
Cloud computing is a new computing paradigm that is revolutionizing the way we access and use com... more Cloud computing is a new computing paradigm that is revolutionizing the way we access and use computer infrastructure and services. Universities in developing countries lag behind their Western counterparts due to lack of cutting edge technology required for teaching, collaboration, and research. The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that impact diffusion, adoption, and usage of cloud computing at universities in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). An adoption model was developed focusing on contextual factors and constructs from two technology adoption theories. Structural equation modelling was used for data analysis and model validation. Results from 355 valid responses to a survey of information and communication technology (ICT) experts and decision makers at universities in SSA indicated that socio-cultural factors , results demonstrability, usefulness, and data security significantly impact their propensity to recommend adoption of cloud computing in the universities. The implications of the findings and practical contributions are discussed.
The influx of smart phones in most college classroom is impacting instruction in a way that was n... more The influx of smart phones in most college classroom is impacting instruction in a way that was never anticipated. Thus, a survey of full-time faculty members at a local university in the United States was conducted to test three hypotheses, followed by a one-on-one interview with a random sample of the same respondents to ascertain the effect of smart phones in the classroom. Results showed conflicting approaches by faculty on how to handle the situation. While some faculty members use smart phones for pedagogic reasons and experience positive results, most of them apply strict classroom phone policy with little success. Thus, a university social media tolerant policy for everyone to abide by in the 21st century seems to be the solution
This study stands as a progressive attempt to investigate the intercultural communicative dynamic... more This study stands as a progressive attempt to investigate the intercultural communicative dynamic between African and African American college students enrolled in historically Black colleges and universities. As these two distinct cultures share more of the same space, it becomes increasingly pertinent to evaluate and understand the ways in which perception and ste-reotype affect intercultural interactions. Utilizing focus group sessions, various cultural nuances and stereotypical perceptions of each culture are candidly discussed. A combination of Hans-Georg Gadamer’s phenomen-ology and Martin Buber’s dialogue act as the theoretical lenses that orga-nize the invaluable data collected from a focus group discussion. The underlying significance of this study is that the African diaspora created two distinct cultures that currently experience dissonance that may have otherwise not existed.
Social media and society, 2016
This paper examines the issue of social media interpersonal human interactions. The onslaught of ... more This paper examines the issue of social media interpersonal human interactions. The onslaught of social networking sites on the Internet for inter-human synchronous and asynchronous communication has revolutionized interactive communication. The fragmentation of audiences from the cultural, gender, class, race and value perspectives has complicated a unique theoretical dimension for understanding these forms of communications on social media. This paper attempts to conceptualize a theoretical benchmark for understanding identity formation when it comes to interpersonal communication level.
The Journal of Third World Studies, 2014
The study’s goals were to explore patterns in news consumption in ethnic minority communities and... more The study’s goals were to explore patterns in news consumption in ethnic minority communities and to discern the relationship of that consumption to community participation. We interviewed 196 participants in three Washington, DC, metro neighborhoods. Participants were African-American, Latino, African and other ethnic minorities, 52% female and 48% male. About half the participants said they get their news from television, with Fox and NBC preferred. About a fourth said they read a newspaper. Those listening to radio (18%) overwhelmingly preferred a minority-owned station. Participants leaned toward believing the news did not help them to understand crime, rising costs of living and other problems they faced each day. They criticized the overemphasis on negative news and what they believed to be racist coverage of crime, wishing instead to hear more about solutions to problems and more in-depth explanation for problems. They prefer news sources with greater detail, as well as news ...
INTRODUCTIONThe pervasive nature of information and communication technologies (ICT) has resulted... more INTRODUCTIONThe pervasive nature of information and communication technologies (ICT) has resulted in a fundamental shift in the way people access and read materials. Reading is an interactive process of sense making from printed or written words and is key to success in any academic pursuit and indeed in life. However the black people have rhetorically been known to have a poor reading culture. Lewis H. Michaux (a black American activist and book seller who lived between 18841976) once said "the best way to hide something from a black man is to put it in a book". A person's reading habit is developed over time; it therefore goes beyond the ability to just read and write to play a very crucial role in a person's day-to-day life to a point when it evolves into a habit and eventually a culture. According to Jonsson and Olsson (2008:27) "a reading culture means that reading is part of a specific culture and a habit that is shared and valued highly by that particul...
FOREWORD PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION CRITICAL OVERVIEW OF NEW MEDIA, MEDIA POLITICAL SYS... more FOREWORD PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION CRITICAL OVERVIEW OF NEW MEDIA, MEDIA POLITICAL SYSTEMS AND POLYGLOT MEDIATOCRA{Z}Y & DEMO-CRA{Z}Y: THE AFRICAN EXPERIENCE CHAPTER 1 INTERNET/ONLINE MEDIA ADOPTION IN AFRICAN ELECTIONS CHAPTER 2 AFRICAN POLITICS AND THE MASS MEDIA: EVIDENCE OF THE ROLE OF THE MEDIA IN ELECTIONS CHAPTER 3 MEDIA AND SUSTAINABLE POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA CHAPTER 4 MEDIA POWER IN ELECTIONS: EVIDENCE OF THE ROLE OF AGENDASETTING THEORY IN POLITICAL COMMUNICATION IN NIGERIA'S EVOLVING DEMOCRACY CHAPTER 5 MEDIA MANAGERIAL PRACTICES AND EFFECTIVE MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE ELECTORAL PROCESS: THE NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE CHAPTER 6 THE MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA: TOWARD THE ETHICS OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY CHAPTER 7 TRANSPARENCY IN THE POLLS: A REVIEW OF THE ROLE OF INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC) AND THE NIGERIAN TELEVISION AUTHORITY (NTA) IN THE APRIL 2011 GENERAL ELECTIONS IN NIGERIA CHAPTER 8 SOCIAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGY AND THE 2011 PRESIDENTIA...
Contents Table of Figures........................................................................... more Contents Table of Figures..........................................................................................iii Preface ............ ............................................................................................ ... ... Chapter Eight ....................................... ................................................... 147 Chieftaincy at the Crossroads: Politics, Society and ...
Journal of Black Studies, 2007
This study stands as a progressive attempt to investigate the intercultural communicative dynamic... more This study stands as a progressive attempt to investigate the intercultural communicative dynamic between African and African American college students enrolled in historically Black colleges and universities. As these two distinct cultures share more of the same space, it becomes increasingly pertinent to evaluate and understand the ways in which perception and stereotype affect intercultural interactions. Utilizing focus group sessions, various cultural nuances and stereotypical perceptions of each culture are candidly discussed. A combination of Hans-Georg Gadamer's phenomenology and Martin Buber's dialogue act as the theoretical lenses that organize the invaluable data collected from a focus group discussion. The underlying significance of this study is that the African diaspora created two distinct cultures that currently experience dissonance that may have otherwise not existed.
Africa has been hard hit with poverty and diseases and these have had immense effects on the qual... more Africa has been hard hit with poverty and diseases and these have had immense effects on the quality of social, cultural and political lives of the people. This has made development to move at a very slow pace in the last decades. But the presence of information and communication technologies (ICTs) have somewhat carved an alternative path to development. Not withstanding the urgency and enthusiasm with using this new medium of effecting social and economic change, the Internet has brought about negative as well as positive contributions to development in Africa. The contributions of scholars in the field of technology in bringing about change in the lives of people in Africa in general and South Africa in particular will be discussed and analyzed. The reviews and analysis of the contributions of the scholars in the field of development will be critical in judging the overall significance of the role of the Internet in promoting social change.
Howard Journal of Communications
Information Systems Frontiers, 2017
Cloud computing is a new computing paradigm that is revolutionizing the way we access and use com... more Cloud computing is a new computing paradigm that is revolutionizing the way we access and use computer infrastructure and services. Universities in developing countries lag behind their Western counterparts due to lack of cutting edge technology required for teaching, collaboration, and research. The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that impact diffusion, adoption, and usage of cloud computing at universities in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). An adoption model was developed focusing on contextual factors and constructs from two technology adoption theories. Structural equation modelling was used for data analysis and model validation. Results from 355 valid responses to a survey of information and communication technology (ICT) experts and decision makers at universities in SSA indicated that socio-cultural factors , results demonstrability, usefulness, and data security significantly impact their propensity to recommend adoption of cloud computing in the universities. The implications of the findings and practical contributions are discussed.
Palgrave/Macmillan, 2018
Most Western-driven theories do not have a place in Black communicative experience especially in ... more Most Western-driven theories do not have a place in Black communicative experience especially in Africa. A lot of scholars interested in Black communication scholarship are on the cross road of either using a Western-driven theory to explain a Black communication dynamic or use hypothetical rule to achieve their objectives since they cannot find compelling Black communication theories. African slave trade and colonization brought with it assimilationist’s tendencies that dealt a serious blow on the cognition of most Blacks on the continent and abroad. As a result, their inter-personal as well as in-group dialogic communication witnessed dramatic shifts. This edited volume titled Black/Africana Communication Theory has assembled skilled communicologists that have proposed Black-driven theories that can stand the test of time in the 15 chapters of the book. The theories covered in this volume include, but not limited to Afrocentricity, Afro-Cultural Mulatto, Venerative Speech Theory, Africana Symbolic Contextualism Theory, HaramBuntu-Government-Diaspora Communications Theory, Consciencist Communication Theory and Racial Democracy Effect Theory.
Palgrave, Macmillan, 2018