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It’s Time To Stop Influencers From Taking Followers For A Ride

akinolaniyanBLOG, SOCIAL MEDIAFebruary 23, 2023

In July 2022, just days to the gubernatorial election in Osun State, I wrote about the limits of influencer marketing in reaction to the ill-advised performance of music stars, Habeeb Okikiola otherwise known as Portable and Davido at campaign rallies …

From Nekede, Another Warning To The Untaught Girls On Social Media

akinolaniyanBLOG, SOCIAL MEDIAFebruary 3, 2023

Most Nigerians accept that we play too much, making a joke out of almost everything, the comical explanation being that you must do this to survive in a ‘terrible’ place like Nigeria. I get the point about the therapeutic importance …

BBN, The Micro-Celebrity Culture And Tacha’s Victory

akinolaniyanBLOG, SOCIAL MEDIAOctober 24, 2019

This year’s Big Brother Nigeria made the headlines but mostly for all the wrong reasons. Except for the purists though, it probably was a record-breaking performance for the organisers of the reality show that continues to divide opinion in equal …

Trolls Ti Take Over

akinolaniyanBLOG, SOCIAL MEDIAJune 25, 2019

When Olamide shocked live and watching audiences with his rant at the 2015 Headies Award by boasting, ‘street ti take over,’ he very well may have been speaking to the emerging trend of digital hate mobs. Some recent events and …

It’s Their Turn To Eat

akinolaniyanBLOG, SOCIAL MEDIAJune 20, 2019

For the second time in less than two months, Nigerian journalists are at the centre of a needless and embarrassing controversy. Some of the reactions to the appointment of a Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President of …

Social Media Activism: Separating Facts From Fiction

akinolaniyanBLOG, SOCIAL MEDIAMarch 25, 2019

You’ve heard the myths about Social Media and its influence over OccupyNigeria; now it’s time to try and make sense of what role Facebook, Twitter, and other platforms played during those protests. I’ve been on the whole project of how …

The Tribute Prof. Pius Adesanmi Deserves

akinolaniyanBLOG, GOVERNANCEMarch 14, 2019

Just two days before the Ethiopian Airline flight crashed and ended the lives of 157 people, I was teaching a Tutorial Class of Year 2, Media Studies, where we discussed the ‘Algorithm Culture’ and how it’s shaping communication in the …

Memorable Communication Gaffes Of 2019 Elections

akinolaniyanBLOG, SOCIETYMarch 13, 2019

Three videos clips, of prominent politicians, which surfaced on social media in the course of the 2019 general powerfully reinforced the changing media landscape. The videos of Governor Nasir El-Rufai, All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Oyo State, Adebayo …

Reflections On Election Media Coverage

akinolaniyanBLOG, MEDIA MATTERSMarch 4, 2019

Democracy thrives when the media is effective, this meaning the provision of accurate, useful information in a way that readers or users can make informed decisions. You have to agree with those who say the quality of the media often …

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