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African Leaders and Their Imported Dilemma From Disciplinary Neoliberalism

Posted By: adminon: June 30, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: Africa, Disciplinary neoliberalism, IMF reform package, Kenya, New York Times, Wild taxesNo CommentsViews:
African Leaders and Their Imported Dilemma From Disciplinary Neoliberalism

President William Ruto of Kenya must still be trying to make sense of the anger of his population against wild taxes (started since 2023). Imposed as part of the usual IMF reform package and... Read more

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Who Actually Reads What and Why?

Posted By: adminon: April 30, 2022In: BookspaceTags: Epistemology, Executive Summary, New York Times, Philosophy of (Social) Science, UNRISDNo CommentsViews:
Who Actually Reads What and Why?

Let us begin this exercise by citing the readership details of a few, selected texts in Intervention before we get down to the argument we want to push. On January 3rd, 2019, Intervention pu... Read more

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Las Vegas: How Google and Facebook Failed the Test Again

Posted By: adminon: October 07, 2017In: FlashbackTags: 4chan, Inforwars, Jonathan Lee Riches, New York Times, YouTubeNo CommentsViews:
Las Vegas: How Google and Facebook Failed the Test Again

In this rather technical or specific use of language in The Atlantic, Alexis Madrigal alerts the world on the rising problems of the third media image, similar to the problems of orality (wh... Read more

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In the Face of Social Media Challenge, Did Newspapers Make a Wrong Move in the Web Strategy?

Posted By: adminon: July 19, 2017In: GovernanceTags: CNN.COM, Google, H Iris Chyi, Jack Shafer, New York Times, Online newspapers, Ori Tenenboim, Pew Centre, University of Texas, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Yahoo NewsNo CommentsViews:
In the Face of Social Media Challenge, Did Newspapers Make a Wrong Move in the Web Strategy?

Newspapers have run into turbulence the type they have not encountered in history. Readers and advertisers and, by implication, revenue are all dwindling with a great move over to the social... Read more

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Global Media (Mis) Representation of Africa: Is Martin Scott Bursting a Myth or Inventing Another?

Posted By: adminon: January 29, 2017In: SpectacleTags: 'Africa Rising', Dr Martin Scott, Leeds University, Misrepresentation, New York Times, Olatunji Ogunyemi, Stanford University, The Economist, The Guardian, Toussaint Nothias, University of East AngliaNo CommentsViews:
Global Media (Mis) Representation of Africa: Is Martin Scott Bursting a Myth or Inventing Another?

Global Media (Mis) Representation of Africa: Is Martin Scott Bursting a Myth or Inventing Another? By Adagbo ONOJA In the context of the fear that an African protestation of misrepresentatio... Read more

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General Martin Luther Agwai and the Restructuring Agenda

Posted By: adminon: January 12, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: Atiku Abubakar, Autonomous regions, Femi Falana, Junior Gowon, Kidnapping, Lee Kuan Yew, Martin Luther Agwai, New York Times, Restructuring agenda, Transformative representationNo CommentsViews:
General Martin Luther Agwai and the Restructuring Agenda

General Martin Luther Agwai and the Restructuring Agenda On December 15th, 2016, Intervention published an editorial position in which the paper, among others, called on selected notable lea... Read more

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Pope Leo XIV, the Moral Warrior Dictators and Trouble Makers Did Not Anticipate!
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