Social media usage in the North West and South West Regions: the good and the bad. Shaping minds and changing perception
Techtarget.com defines Social media as a collective term for websites and applications that focus on communication, community-based input, interaction, content-sharing and collaboration. According to DATAREPORTAL as of January 2021, there were 9.15 million internet users in Cameroon. The number of internet users in Cameroon increased by 1.3 million (+16%) between 2020 and 2021. Internet penetration […]
How Social Media Influencers Post generate Hateful Expressions
Introduction According to a United Nations expert “Hate speech online is one of today’s most acute challenges to human dignity and life” (OHCHR, 2020). Hate speech which is defined by the European Union law as the public incitement to violence or hatred based on certain characteristics, including colour, religion, descent, and national or ethnic origin […]
SOCIAL MEDIA AND YOUTH TO YOUTH CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN THE NORTH WEST REGION
INTRODUCTION Social media is revolutionizing youth-led civic engagement which has gained quite a lot of momentum lately. This virtual space is instrumentalized by some youths to shape the contemporary public sphere and influence concrete change. This is depicted by the actualization of several communal-based projects engineered and fostered by Youths in their local communities and […]
Web Influencers at the Qatar World Cup: FECAFOOT’s choice revives the feeling of marginalization in the Anglophone community online.
By VictoryMarshal Ayafor Basang, fellow cohort 7 #AFFCameroon INTRODUCTION Wikipedia.org defines a web influencer as an internet celebrity (also known as a social media influencer, social media personality, internet personality, or simply influencer) who has acquired or developed their fame, a huge fan base and notability through the Internet or social media. In our contemporary […]
No. The Guardian Post Edition 2558 did not publish on “Effective Lockdown in Ambazonia”
Summary: Fake news is increasingly used as a strategy to push forward agendas by inflaming tension and creating division among the target groups. Majority of the consumers of fake news do not fact check and take the fake news as facts creating a sense of false reality in which they can’t make informed choices and […]
PASSENGERS HEAVE SIGHS OF RELIEF AS MATAZEM CHECKPOINTS SHIFTED.
By Gilla Everdine in Bamenda Contrary to news reports online on the removal of a checkpoint in Matazem, gateway to the North West Region, findings show that the checkpoint has not been removed as indicated in the various reports but has been shifted to Babadjou. Fact finding from Nde Daniel a Police Officer at the […]
USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA BY SECESSIONISTS TO REINFORCE GHOST TOWNS AND LOCKDOWN.
By Gilla Everdine in Bamenda INTRODUCTION The start of the Anglophone crisis in the North West and South West regions of Cameroon on the 21st of November 2016 was set in motion when Lawyers and teachers took to the streets of Buea and Bamenda to protest the domination of the French language in the Anglophone […]
HOW SOCIAL MEDIA HAS INFLUENCED PONZI SCHEMES, CRUMBLING THE ECONOMY AMID THE ANGLOPHONE CRISIS IN CAMEROON
According to Investopedia, Ponzi schemes are fraudulent investment scams promising high rates of return with little risk to investors mainly by remitting returns for earlier investors with money taken from later investors. They are also known as pyramid schemes. In many Ponzi schemes, the fraudsters do not invest the money but they use it to […]
The Role of Social Media in Fostering Opportunities for Youth during Crisis
By Amboh Vennessa Nche Cohort 7#AFFCameroon Introduction The English speaking regions of Cameroon have experienced various ordeals since October 2016, when protests and strikes related to sectorial demands escalated into a crisis over the economic and political marginalization of the Cameroon Anglophone minority who mostly reside in the North West and South West Regions. Since […]