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Habermas In The African E-Village: Deliberative Practices Of Diasporan Nigerians On The Internet, Farooq A. Kperogi
Habermas In The African E-Village: Deliberative Practices Of Diasporan Nigerians On The Internet, Farooq A. Kperogi
Farooq A. Kperogi
This chapter examines a many-to-many, collaborative, transnational, diasporic sphere of public discourse called the Nigerian Village Square, which over the years has functioned as an arena for the vigorous exchange of ideas among Nigerians both at home and in the diaspora and as a veritable locus for the initiation of online petition drives to change or influence state policies in the homeland. It is the reinvention, in an electronic form, of the deliberative content of the “village square” in the pre-colonial African social formation where “people from all corners [met] at the Village Square after a hard day's work to …
Message Design Logics And Messaging In The Ebola Crisis, Gregory M. Bieger
Message Design Logics And Messaging In The Ebola Crisis, Gregory M. Bieger
Symposium of Student Scholars
O'Keefe's (1988) theory of message design logics explains why some messages are more
persuasive than others. The first, expressive design logic, is the most basic and focuses on
expressing individual thoughts and opinions (O’Keefe, 1988). This type of message design
merely states what the persuader wants. The second, conventional design logic, appeals to
typical reasons or emotional appeals that would be suitable for any audience. The third,
rhetorical message design logic, is the most complex and sophisticated message design focusing
on achieving an agreement between the sender and receiver in which the message provides
context. Unlike conventional design logic, rhetorical …