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Performance Activism And The False Prophets In The Public Sphere

akinolaniyanSOCIAL MEDIAMay 13, 2025

It seems that the thin line between advocacy and spectacle is disappearing at a dangerously faster rate than regulatory ability to maintain any meaningful oversight. Granted, in the chaotic digital landscape, outrage is not only a strategy, but also a …

Mic Check or Mic Wreck? Podcasts And The Unsettling Culture Of Chaos

akinolaniyanSOCIETYMarch 9, 2025

The Nigerian media has a reputation for being rather ‘loud.’ Historically acknowledged as one of the most robust in Africa, the media has never shied away from any form of discourse no matter how controversial. The likes of West Africa …

Viral Videos, Social Justice And The Demystification Of Power

akinolaniyanSOCIETYFebruary 18, 2025

For those who saw that video of the boastful monarch leading the assault on a hapless man, I am sure the thought would be that justice has been served with the news that Oba Abdulsemiyu Adewale Ogunjobi, the Olorile of …

God, Algorithms, and Livestreaming: The Political Economy of Pentecostal Church Broadcasting

akinolaniyanSOCIETYJanuary 29, 2025

I avoid arguments about the conduct of pastors on social media and this article is not an attempt to find another way to question them. It should be clear by now, to them and their followers, that the anointing does …

Journalism, Factory Reset And The Limits Of Sensationalism

akinolaniyanBLOG, MEDIA MATTERSApril 11, 2023

The 2023 general election went true to type, exposing an ill-prepared Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) struggling to conduct hitch-free polls. Expectedly, the protests over the poorly-organised polls and the hotly-contested results produced therefrom have drowned some of the equally …

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 …

AKIN OLANIYAN

Mic Check or Mic Wreck? Podcasts And The Unsettling Culture Of Chaos

Viral Videos, Social Justice And The Demystification Of Power

God, Algorithms, and Livestreaming: The Political Economy of Pentecostal Church Broadcasting

Journalism, Factory Reset And The Limits Of Sensationalism

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