This study grounds itself in the communication, information sharing, discussion and cocreation potential of ICTs with reference to social media-Facebook. Taking a qualitative
approach, it explores the above as building blocks of new educational paradigms of learner
autonomy; learner-centered education and co-creation of knowledge through…[Read more]

The power of social media is virtually untameable. The advent of social media has shrunk
the world to what Marshal McLuhan once termed ‘global village’. This paper has examined
into the amount of time government and private school students spent on social media
vis-à-vis on physical activities. It has attempted to answer the questions: (i) How…[Read more]

This paper is an attempt to measure the impact of social media on the vanity level of
youngsters in India. An experimental research was conducted on a controlled group of 40
participants with an average age of 23 years. Netemeyer’s vanity scale was administered
on the participants and their vanity was measured. A month later, the participants i…[Read more]

On 28 April 2012, ‘Bersih 3.0’, a rally calling for freer and fairer elections estimated that 250,
000 people gathered to support its cause. Government controlled newspapers the New
Straits Times and Utusan Malaysia accused this rally attended by 20, 000 demonstrators as a
plot to destabilise and overthrow the ruling coalition through chaos and…[Read more]

Social media use is ubiquitous in the United States. Not surprisingly, an academic debate
has emerged about whether or not computer-mediated communication facilitates or hurts
interpersonal relationships. This exploratory case study adds to the conversation by
assessing how Twitter users in the Wichita, Kansas community view the impact of…[Read more]

The digital literacy and awareness are now not just bound with education. The digital expansion is now a part of social, political, cultural, economic, community, and intellectual life. The education systems at business schools need to help future managers to understand and benefit from their engagement with digital technology and digital…[Read more]

As continued production and rendering of service is enabled, in this instance, through varying product range as it pertain mobile tele-communication, MTN in Nigeria is attempting to further its CSR bid through the “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” programme. The need to evaluate its efficacy is premised on continued programming, participation and…[Read more]

In most African states, political openness and tolerance is measured by the non-existence of government censorship, and also the ability of the media to operate without fear. In agreement with the debate posited by Wasserman (2013) including other scholars suggests that the media is capable of building democratic structures as it provides a…[Read more]

VICE Media has risen from a local Canadian counterculture magazine to an international corporate giant. Bloomberg Business has valued the company at over $1 billion, while other reputable outlets have placed VICE’s worth at many times that. Remarkably, through its ascension to mainstream relevancy and despite getting into bed with some of the w…[Read more]

The internet as a communication platform for netizens has become the hybrid space for social mobilization to forward political agenda. A take-off from Manuel Castells’ hypotheses on power and counter-power in the network society, this paper is a reading of “Boycott SM Baguio” Facebook Group Page as a space and site for social mobilization. Using…[Read more]

Bribery among journalists could be seen widely in many places but is a comparatively less
researched topic. It would be surprising for an average news consumer to know that the
sometimes news story he reads in print or views on television might be the product of a
bribe or some sort of incentive received by the journalist who covered that news.…[Read more]

In contemporary era social media and mass movement are playing a crucial role
in global public sphere. Statistics shows that in the countries of Asian continent
active social media penetration is flourishing with times. The paper will attempt
to conduct an explanatory research by using analysis of Twitter Revolution (Iran),
Umbrella Revolution…[Read more]

Among the emerging economies, India is the most promising market for
Generation Y, because majority of Indian’s population belongs to this segment
(those born between 1980 and 2000). These individuals are tech-savvy and
extensively use mobile phones. This study aims to uncover the role of mobile
phone that has emerged along with the e…[Read more]

The retirement of Sachin Tendulkar, unarguably one of the greatest cricketers
the world has ever witnessed, was a major landmark in the recent history of
sport and generated a widespread media discourse across the world. This paper
analyses how differently Indian and foreign media engaged with this celebrity
discourse through a comparative…[Read more]

This article traces the new channels of communication being used as intercultural
communication tool to enhance the existing bond of friendship between China
and Pakistan, the oldest strategic allies in the region. The study explores
government initiatives, academic programs and projects aimed at promoting
Chinese language and culture in…[Read more]

The purpose of this study was to provide information regarding a venue for exercise
adherence motivation toward physical activity via social media support. The five themes
identified that positively affected participants’ intrinsic and extrinsic motivation to adhere
to exercise through a social media fitness application were: accountability…[Read more]

In 2014, the MH370, MH17 and QZ8501 flight crash tragedies become a viral issue
and attract the attentions of media and stakeholders, globally, and raise many
crises to the airlines companies, respectively, including the risk of losing their
stakeholders’ trust. The study is to identify the crises management approaches
used for the tragedies…[Read more]

The contemporary debate between patriotic nationalism and the freedom of
expression has sparked off in the wake of JNU students’ union president arrest on
the charges of sedition post the organization of a cultural program. The incident
infuriated debate amongst the country’s highest intellectuals, parliamentarians,
journalists and many others…[Read more]

This study explores the portrayal of Islam and Muslims in the western media talk
shows, CNN and BBC from January 2012 to December 2012 and draws the required
data from their online editions. It is a content analysis of 50 programs focusing on
Islam and Muslims from Piers Morgan Live, Fareed Zakaria GPS, HARDtalk and
Newsnight. The findings…[Read more]

The current article is devoted to the linguistic analysis of the information materials
of the popular German mass media covering the Ukrainian crisis in 2014. Special
attention is paid to the formation of the Russian and Ukrainian images in the
framework of the information-psychological confrontation through psycholinguistic
processing of the…[Read more]