Anthony A Olorunnisola
Biographic Data
| ID | 4910575 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anthony A Olorunnisola |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anthony A |
| FAMILY NAME | Olorunnisola |
| SIGNATURE | OLORUNNISOLA A A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pennsylvania State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9716-0902 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Fighting for the Man in the Blue Overalls— Daily Sun as a Project in Demarginalisation
We located the emergence of South Africa’s Daily Sun against the background of colonisation of the print media and the more recent economic embeddedness of Black and alternative media in duopolistic domains. Our analyses found historical marginalisation and contemporary remarginalisation of majority Black readers useful. For theoretical frame, we relied on normative influences that make the centre more newsworthy than the periphery and some citiz…
Community Radio in Contemporary South Africa – Deconstructing Complexities in Demarginalization
We used on-site interviews and roundtable conversations with practitioners to uncover original evidence of ways in which two variant South African communities activated citizens’ involvement in radio co-production of content. We found dual analytical filters in state control of radio during two colonialisms and via contemporary policy regimes rooted in conceptualizations of participatory communication. Evidence of citizen-owners’ reversal of stat…
Social media and the #Occupy Nigeria Protests
This study compared social media (new media) and newspapers’ framing of the January 2012 #Occupy Nigeria Protest. Authors employed content analysis to investigate similarities and differences in the frames adopted by social media (Facebook page, blogs, conversations in Nairaland and Twitter) and three national newspapers (the Nigerian Tribune, The Guardian and The Punch) during the protest. Findings show that the old media fared better than the s…
Contemporary Sino-African relations
The authors examined tripartite relationships between Africa, the West and China via historical, ideological and media frames, believing that the approach would yield a robust understanding of China's contemporary engagements in Africa. Historical reflections and a review of China's foreign policy ideology – driven by the notion of ‘soft power’ – provided useful contexts for answering and interpreting findings generated by the central question: W…
New Media Influence on Social and Political Change in Africa
While transitioning from autocracy to democracy, media in Africa has always played an important role in democratic and non-democratic states; focusing on politicians, diplomats, activists, and others who work towards political transformations.New Media Influence on Social and Political Change in Africa addresses the development of new mass media and communication tools and its influence on social and political change. While analyzing democratic t…
African Media, Information Providers1 and Emigrants as Collaborative Nodes in Virtual Social Networks
This paper proposes that the Internet offers African media and informa tion providers the opportunity to elevate their current engagement to that of "content providers" to African emigrants in the diaspora. The paper finds evidence in the intercultural adjustment and social networks litera ture to support the feasibility of such an interaction. Further, a composite profile of African emigrants in the diaspora allows the discussion of ways in wh…
When tribal wars are mass mediated
This paper explores the current and potential role of existent and emerging electronic media in the peacemaking process in Africa, where media ownership is paternalistic, politics tribalistic, and internal conflicts are driven by inter-tribal animosity. Against the background of an international political culture of "non-interference," the author attempts to answer the ques tion, "when has interference occurred?" A proposed typology, which weighs…
New Media Influence on Social and Political Change in Africa
While transitioning from autocracy to democracy, media in Africa has always played an important role in democratic and non-democratic states; focusing on politicians, diplomats, activists, and others who work towards political transformations.New Media Influence on Social and Political Change in Africa addresses the development of new mass media and communication tools and its influence on social and political change. While analyzing democratic t…
Community Radio in Contemporary South Africa – Deconstructing Complexities in Demarginalization
We used on-site interviews and roundtable conversations with practitioners to uncover original evidence of ways in which two variant South African communities activated citizens’ involvement in radio co-production of content. We found dual analytical filters in state control of radio during two colonialisms and via contemporary policy regimes rooted in conceptualizations of participatory communication. Evidence of citizen-owners’ reversal of stat…
When tribal wars are mass mediated
This paper explores the current and potential role of existent and emerging electronic media in the peacemaking process in Africa, where media ownership is paternalistic, politics tribalistic, and internal conflicts are driven by inter-tribal animosity. Against the background of an international political culture of "non-interference," the author attempts to answer the ques tion, "when has interference occurred?" A proposed typology, which weighs…
When tribal wars are mass mediated
This paper explores the current and potential role of existent and emerging electronic media in the peacemaking process in Africa, where media ownership is paternalistic, politics tribalistic, and internal conflicts are driven by inter-tribal animosity. Against the background of an international political culture of "non-interference," the author attempts to answer the ques tion, "when has interference occurred?" A proposed typology, which weighs…
African Media, Information Providers1 and Emigrants as Collaborative Nodes in Virtual Social Networks
This paper proposes that the Internet offers African media and informa tion providers the opportunity to elevate their current engagement to that of "content providers" to African emigrants in the diaspora. The paper finds evidence in the intercultural adjustment and social networks litera ture to support the feasibility of such an interaction. Further, a composite profile of African emigrants in the diaspora allows the discussion of ways in wh…
Contemporary Sino-African relations
The authors examined tripartite relationships between Africa, the West and China via historical, ideological and media frames, believing that the approach would yield a robust understanding of China's contemporary engagements in Africa. Historical reflections and a review of China's foreign policy ideology – driven by the notion of ‘soft power’ – provided useful contexts for answering and interpreting findings generated by the central question: W…
New Media Influence on Social and Political Change in Africa
While transitioning from autocracy to democracy, media in Africa has always played an important role in democratic and non-democratic states; focusing on politicians, diplomats, activists, and others who work towards political transformations.New Media Influence on Social and Political Change in Africa addresses the development of new mass media and communication tools and its influence on social and political change. While analyzing democratic t…
Social media and the #Occupy Nigeria Protests
This study compared social media (new media) and newspapers’ framing of the January 2012 #Occupy Nigeria Protest. Authors employed content analysis to investigate similarities and differences in the frames adopted by social media (Facebook page, blogs, conversations in Nairaland and Twitter) and three national newspapers (the Nigerian Tribune, The Guardian and The Punch) during the protest. Findings show that the old media fared better than the s…
Community Radio in Contemporary South Africa – Deconstructing Complexities in Demarginalization
We used on-site interviews and roundtable conversations with practitioners to uncover original evidence of ways in which two variant South African communities activated citizens’ involvement in radio co-production of content. We found dual analytical filters in state control of radio during two colonialisms and via contemporary policy regimes rooted in conceptualizations of participatory communication. Evidence of citizen-owners’ reversal of stat…
Fighting for the Man in the Blue Overalls— Daily Sun as a Project in Demarginalisation
We located the emergence of South Africa’s Daily Sun against the background of colonisation of the print media and the more recent economic embeddedness of Black and alternative media in duopolistic domains. Our analyses found historical marginalisation and contemporary remarginalisation of majority Black readers useful. For theoretical frame, we relied on normative influences that make the centre more newsworthy than the periphery and some citiz…
Political science (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Politics (4 works) · ICT Impact and Policies (3 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Social media (3 works) · African history and culture studies (2 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (2 works)