Social Media “Teleco-presence” Theory of Identity

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.        

ICT Usage and Learning Outcomes of Pupils in Primary Schools in Uganda

Learning Outcomes of pupils have become an issue of concern in developing countries. Resource poor countries have decried the poor performance of pupils each year, and yet few schools use Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to enhance pupil engagement and learning outcomes. Using both quantitative and qualitative approaches, the study is a cross-sectional survey, with a proportionate random sample of primary schools drawn from both rural and urban settings. This study intends to assess the existing ICT infrastructure, the extent of ICT usage as well as the effect of ICT usage and pupil engagement on the learning outcomes of pupils in the primary schools in Uganda

The Internet and the Construction of the immigrant Public Sphere: The case of the Cameroonian Diaspora

The Internet and the Construction of the immigrant Public Sphere: The case of the Cameroonian Diaspor

Coping with Smart Phone \u27Distractions\u27 in a College Classroom

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

Media Role in African Changing Electoral Process: A Political Communication Perspective

Media Role in African Changing Electoral Process

The Secret Weapon of Globalization: China\u27s Activites in Sub-Saharan Africa

The continent of Africa has become the place where advanced nations have resorted to scramble for its natural wealth. Since the era of slave trade and colonization, Africa has become the victim of exploitation from external forces

Debunking the Truth Through a Video Documentary: A Case Study of Henry Louis Gates\u27 Wonders of the African World

The fact that Black people have in the past and continue to endure untold pain and suffering in the mother continent of Africa and in the Diaspora demonstrates that something is wrong and needs to be righted. Henry Louis Gates’ 1999 three-part video documentary series, Wonders of the African World (WAW), funded by BBC and PBS and filmed on the continent of Africa,examined this issue from different perspectives. Professor Gates,a Harvard-based African American scholar,is a renowned intellectual and a cultural critic. Wonders of the African World (WAW) begins with tracing the roots of the ancient Nubians (Blacks in Egypt). he meets with some African Americans in Egypt attempting to trace their own roots as they view the pyramids. They admit that they’ve been misled all along in the United States about their origin, Egypt, not belonging to Africa and the pyramids not having been constructed by Blacks. Pharaohs - they believed - were only Whites, according to the pictures they saw in America

Tribute to Ali Mazrui

A humble tribute to the late African Scholar, Professor Ali A. Mazrui

Bridging the Gap: African and African American Communication in Historically Black Colleges and Universities

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 arecandidly 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