Social media Archives - Intervention

Could This Be True?

Posted By: adminon: August 12, 2022In: SpectacleTags: Social media, TruthNo CommentsViews:

The social media is like the belly of the elephant. Anything can be found there. So, there is nothing surprising in coming across the cover graphic for this stuff there. BUT, IS IT TRUE, HOW... Read more

Calling Chima Ubani to the Interpretation of an Image

Posted By: adminon: May 25, 2020In: LifeworldTags: Campaign for Democracy, Mass Communications, Social media, SurveillanceNo CommentsViews:

An image is what we make of it, meaning that one image such as this picture, can be interpreted in a million ways, depending on who is looking at it. Of course, it is that variability that t... Read more

All the King’s Men and All the King’s Horses Still ‘Can’t Do Nothing’ Against Corruption in Nigeria?

Posted By: adminon: January 24, 2020In: FlashbackTags: CISLAC, CPI, EFCC, MacArthur Foundation, Social media, TI, ‘Voices from below’No CommentsViews:

The 2019 global corruption perception index is out and, in the case of Nigeria, all the coalitions, propaganda, discourses, convictions and threats directed at corruption have not amounted t... Read more

When Journalists Reflect on the Media, Conflict and Nigeria’s Future (2)

Posted By: adminon: June 17, 2018In: De-EscalationTags: BOKO HARAM, Empathy, MEND, NERI, NIPSS, NNN, PJ, Search for Common Ground, Social media, USAIDNo CommentsViews:

In this last of a three-part series which started on June 5th with “Does the Nigerian Media Amplify or Downplay Boko Haram?”, continued on June 8th with “When Journalists Reflect on the Medi... Read more

FG Getting Desperate Over Social Media in Nigeria?

Posted By: adminon: July 25, 2017In: Policy & GovernanceTags: FG, NGOs, Social mediaNo CommentsViews:

Reading Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s Information Minister’s “Hate Speech, Fake News and National Unity”, Intervention concluded in the feature article “Where is the Language Game in Conta... Read more