State Fragility and Stakeholder Engagement

2016 ◽  
pp. 136-154
Author(s):  
Uzoechi Nwagbara ◽  
Emeka Smart Oruh ◽  
Carlton Brown
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Stakeholder Engagement ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Discursive Space ◽  
Fragile State ◽  
State Fragility ◽  
Amplification Method ◽  
Petroleum Sector ◽  
Enabling Institutions

In situations where government functions are in short supply as with most developing countries particularly Nigeria, issues concerning stakeholder engagement and stakeholder voice are usually on the back burner as a consequence. In this chapter, the authors argues that such landscape is midwifed and sustained by state fragility, which is a situation where government is incapacitated to provide basic social goods as well as infrastructures and enabling institutions that can facilitate corporate-stakeholder engagement and stakeholders' voice amplification. In the Nigerian petroleum industry, this contentious issue are redoubled, given the controversial dynamics of the sector. As this chapter contends, new media (as opposed to old media) has the potentials to facilitate better engagement in corporate-stakeholder dialectics, which can be a harbinger of amplification of stakeholders' voice for sustainable relations and engagement in the industry. In a fragile state, traditional media has a monopoly of information dissemination and sharing, which traditionally limits stakeholder engagement/voice thereby frustrating efforts towards ensuring corporate-stakeholder engagement, corporate responsibility and accountability. Thus, this dilemma can be surmounted with the aid of new media as it is a communication/engagement tool that democratises the discursive space for deliberative corporate-stakeholder relations. It is hoped that this contention will help to illuminate perspectives on how the lingering corporate-stakeholder Catch-22 in Nigeria's petroleum sector can be better managed. Methodologically, literature on main issues in this chapter will be explored and a conceptual framework – stakeholder voice amplification method (SVAM) – will be developed that has the potential to advance knowledge on better corporate-stakeholder engagement in a fragile state such as Nigeria.

Stakeholder Interaction for Sustainability

2015 ◽  
pp. 185-198
Author(s):  
Uzoechi Nwagbara
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Niger Delta ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Community Relations ◽  
Media Technology ◽  
Discursive Space ◽  
Niger Delta Region ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Stakeholder Interaction ◽  
Corporate Community

The wave of new media technology is sweeping across the globe. Given its speed of information dissemination and retrieval, it is relevant to explore how it can be used to manage corporate-stakeholder relations, engagement, and communication. This is because communication is an effective medium for managing relations (and crisis). In the post-conflict era in Niger delta region of Nigeria that has been described as slipping into the abyss of renewed conflict and violence following perceived failure of the amnesty deal to drive change, it is crucial to rethink the instrumentality of the new media in bringing better corporate-community relations in the region. It is expected that this process will democratise stakeholder engagement and widen discursive space following the speed, method, and multiplicity of the platforms that new media affords. The author also hopes that arguments shared here will cause a rethink on the possibility of a sustainable future in post-conflict Niger delta through new media technology.

Stakeholder Interaction for Sustainability

2017 ◽  
pp. 770-783
Author(s):  
Uzoechi Nwagbara
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Niger Delta ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Community Relations ◽  
Media Technology ◽  
Discursive Space ◽  
Niger Delta Region ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Stakeholder Interaction ◽  
Corporate Community

The wave of new media technology is sweeping across the globe. Given its speed of information dissemination and retrieval, it is relevant to explore how it can be used to manage corporate-stakeholder relations, engagement, and communication. This is because communication is an effective medium for managing relations (and crisis). In the post-conflict era in Niger delta region of Nigeria that has been described as slipping into the abyss of renewed conflict and violence following perceived failure of the amnesty deal to drive change, it is crucial to rethink the instrumentality of the new media in bringing better corporate-community relations in the region. It is expected that this process will democratise stakeholder engagement and widen discursive space following the speed, method, and multiplicity of the platforms that new media affords. The author also hopes that arguments shared here will cause a rethink on the possibility of a sustainable future in post-conflict Niger delta through new media technology.

Stakeholder Interaction for Sustainability

2019 ◽  
pp. 826-840
Author(s):  
Uzoechi Nwagbara
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Niger Delta ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Community Relations ◽  
Media Technology ◽  
Discursive Space ◽  
Niger Delta Region ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Stakeholder Interaction ◽  
Corporate Community

The wave of new media technology is sweeping across the globe. Given its speed of information dissemination and retrieval, it is relevant to explore how it can be used to manage corporate-stakeholder relations, engagement, and communication. This is because communication is an effective medium for managing relations (and crisis). In the post-conflict era in Niger delta region of Nigeria that has been described as slipping into the abyss of renewed conflict and violence following perceived failure of the amnesty deal to drive change, it is crucial to rethink the instrumentality of the new media in bringing better corporate-community relations in the region. It is expected that this process will democratise stakeholder engagement and widen discursive space following the speed, method, and multiplicity of the platforms that new media affords. The author also hopes that arguments shared here will cause a rethink on the possibility of a sustainable future in post-conflict Niger delta through new media technology.

Communication Strategies of Government Agencies for Mass Awareness in Rural Areas of Punjab: A study based on Health Department of District Amritsar, Punjab

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (1and2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arif Nazir
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Communication Strategies ◽  
Health Department ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Family Welfare ◽  
Media Technology

Rural development has always been a core issue for the development planners in order to take the country on the path of socio-economic development. Mahatma Gandhi rightly said that the development in true sense is not possible unless villages of the country are developed. In the initial years of development planning stress was laid on agriculture and industrial development but with the passage of time, focus shifted to other equally important areas like Healthcare, Education, Employment and Sanitation programmes. Communicating with the rural masses was always a point of discussion. Earlier, where interpersonal means and folk media were the only means of reaching people but with the advent of print and electronic media, there was a paradigm shift in communication strategies also. Presently there are number of communication strategies which are being employed by various departments in order to reach people and create awareness. The present study would try to find out the communication strategies of Department of Health and Family Welfare of District Amritsar, Punjab. The study would also try to find out the media usage of the department for public awareness. Besides, it would also be helpful to find out the role (if any) of new media technology for information dissemination in rural areas.

scholarly journals Media Agenda-Setting and Gatekeeping: The Twitter Takeover of Traditional Mass Media Practices Through the Use of Networked Journalism

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vandon Gene
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
New Media ◽  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
First Century ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
The Public ◽  
Media Institutions ◽  
Information Providers ◽  
Media Practices

With a growing number of people moving away from traditional sources of information providers, towards new online sources, it has become evident that the agenda setting and gatekeeping functions of the past have been altered. Due to such alteration, it can be said that the profession of information dissemination has all but evaporated into a cesspool of opinion that has been framed to uphold the viewpoints of a particular ideology. While most studies to date have been effective in highlighting the alteration of agenda-setting and gatekeeping, this paper attempts to focus on the shift in such practices, away from traditional mass media institutions, to a new form of media through the practices of networked journalism. In order to demonstrate the following, this paper uses the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election as a case study. Tweets from traditional mass media institutions, new media institutions (such as thought opinion leaders), and the public are collected and examined in relation to information dissemination, via topic coverage. An analysis of these tweets confirms such shift in agenda-setting and gatekeeping, where the powers of information dissemination move away from traditional mass media institutions, towards a model of information that is dependent upon the public and its engagement of such information. This study is part of a larger body of research on the twenty-first century phenomenon of publicly sourced information dissemination in the networked society. In focusing on the shift that is occurring within society, this study will contribute to future publications on a similar topic

scholarly journals Media Agenda-Setting and Gatekeeping: The Twitter Takeover of Traditional Mass Media Practices Through the Use of Networked Journalism

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vandon Gene
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
New Media ◽  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
First Century ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
The Public ◽  
Media Institutions ◽  
Information Providers ◽  
Media Practices

With a growing number of people moving away from traditional sources of information providers, towards new online sources, it has become evident that the agenda setting and gatekeeping functions of the past have been altered. Due to such alteration, it can be said that the profession of information dissemination has all but evaporated into a cesspool of opinion that has been framed to uphold the viewpoints of a particular ideology. While most studies to date have been effective in highlighting the alteration of agenda-setting and gatekeeping, this paper attempts to focus on the shift in such practices, away from traditional mass media institutions, to a new form of media through the practices of networked journalism. In order to demonstrate the following, this paper uses the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election as a case study. Tweets from traditional mass media institutions, new media institutions (such as thought opinion leaders), and the public are collected and examined in relation to information dissemination, via topic coverage. An analysis of these tweets confirms such shift in agenda-setting and gatekeeping, where the powers of information dissemination move away from traditional mass media institutions, towards a model of information that is dependent upon the public and its engagement of such information. This study is part of a larger body of research on the twenty-first century phenomenon of publicly sourced information dissemination in the networked society. In focusing on the shift that is occurring within society, this study will contribute to future publications on a similar topic

scholarly journals The Construction of Digital Media Art Teaching Model in the New Media Era

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lijuan Liu ◽  
Yi Zheng
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Teaching Model ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
Media Art ◽  
Network Coverage ◽  
Art Teaching ◽  
Traditional Teaching Methods ◽  
Fast Development

In new media era, the network coverage is wider, application of mobile terminals is more convenient, speed of information dissemination is fully accelerated, scope of dissemination is wider and people's access to information is more diversified. Therefore, the current media has become an indispensable part of human’s lives such as changing the way human live, work, learn and communicate daily. In this context, it is compulsory to improve the traditional teaching methods in order to keep in pace with the fast development and promote art education through the combination of technology and art. This paper analyses the current situation of digital media art teaching and the construction path of teaching model in the new media era.  

scholarly journals The Ubiquity of State Fragility: Fault Lines in the Categorisation and Conceptualisation of Failed and Fragile States

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 767-789
Author(s):  
Raza Saeed
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Fragile States ◽  
Stable States ◽  
Departure Point ◽  
Fragile State ◽  
State Fragility ◽  
Multilateral Institutions ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Legitimate Violence

In the last three decades, the categories of fragile and failed states have gained significant importance in the fields of law, development, political science and international relations. The wider discourse plays a key role in guiding the policies of international community and multilateral institutions and has also led to the emergence of a plethora of indices and rankings to measure and classify state fragility. A critical and theoretical analysis of these matrices brings to light three crucial aspects that the current study takes as its departure point. First, the formulas and conceptual paradigms show that fragility of states is far more ubiquitous than is generally recognised, and that the so-called successful and stable states are a historical, political and geographical anomaly. Second, in the absence of an agreed definition of a successful state or even that of a failed or fragile state, the indicators generally rely on negative definitions to delineate the failed and fragile state. They generally suggest that their reading is built on a Weberian ideal–typical state, which takes the idea of monopoly over legitimate violence as its starting point. The third and final point suggests that the indicators and rankings, misconstruing the Weberian ideal–typical state, actually end up comparing fragile states against an ideal–mythical state. The article argues that this notional state is not only ahistorical and apolitical, but it also carries the same undertones that have been the hallmark of theories of linear development, colonialism and imperialism.

Dynamics of Information in Disseminating Academic Research in the New Media

2002 ◽  
pp. 239-256
Author(s):  
James K. Ho
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
It Systems ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Alternative Approaches

Much academic research on information technology (IT), systems (IS), and management (IM) has been branded by practitioners in business as unusable, irrelevant, and unreadable. Consequently, it is highly unlikely that conventional outlets for such work, e.g., scholarly journals and conference proceedings, can receive significant real-world exposure. By reversing the push-pull dynamics of information dissemination and retrieval in the new media, alternative approaches are emerging. This article presents the history of a case in point with data recorded over a period of 15 months. It is shown that the Internet in general and the World Wide Web in particular will be significant resources in bridging the gap between practice and relevant research.

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