Fellowship 2021
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Threshold of Misinformation Awareness Among Ghanaian and Nigerian Security Personnel Amid Rising Threats To National Security
Studies have corroborated how spreading misinformation in secular and multi-ethnic countries can fuel or even trigger violent confrontations, especially reprisal…
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Tackling ‘Fake News’ in Nigeria through Developing Fact-checking Skills of Journalism Students
Abstract The pace at which misinformation, disinformation and fake news spread in the world has necessitated the need for fact…
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Existing Legislative Frameworks to Regulate Social Media in Ghana And Nigeria: Implications on Stemming Misinformation
The coming of social media technologies increased skills among people on how to use social networking sites, just as mass…
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Information Disorder in The Media: Implication For National Security In The Sub-Region Of West Africa: The Case of Ghana
A Working Paper for the Kwame Karikari Fellowship for the 2021 Session Abstract The implication of ‘information disorder’ on national…
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Information Disorder and Actors of Chibok Girls’ Abduction Incidents
Reactions accruing from Twitter’s decision to site her African headquarter in Ghana in place of Nigeria demonstrates that the wrongful…
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The concept of Information Disorder: An examination of the KAP of Communication Students of the University of Cape Coast, Ghana (Preliminary Report I)
This study is aimed at finding out the knowledge attitudes and practices of audiences, in this instance, tertiary education students…
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The Spread of Misinformation to Gain Votes and Acceptance is A Global Phenomenon
Running a Research Fellowship Program with Dubawa on Misinformation/Disinformation and its influence on Voters’ Electoral Decision has been both interesting…
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Information Disorder and COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Ghana
Introduction Ghana reported its first case of SARS COV 2 (Covid-19) on 12 March 2020, three months after the virus…
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Traces of Misinformation in Nigeria’s Legacy Media Contents, Creeping Drivers, and Implication for Believability
Since the rising notoriety of the current ‘genre’ of malicious content peddled as “fake news” (mostly over social media) in…
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