The idea that Africa is booming is hot and sexy

News that Africa is boom­ing is going main­stream.  At least that is the point that is dis­cerned when major U.S. print and broad­cast­ing out­lets such as the Wash­ing­ton Post, New York Times, The Atlantic,  Chris­t­ian Sci­ence Mon­i­tor and NPR pick up on news of trans­for­ma­tion that is tak­ing place in con­ti­nen­tal Africa. These orga­ni­za­tions are devoting…

Does Obama Deserve Nobel Peace Prize?

Pho­to: Nobelpeaceprize.org Per­cep­tions of the U.S; Nobel Peace Prize Award  Any caus­es and effects? In Jour­nal­ism, cor­re­la­tions and link­ages between issues and out­comes are always a point of con­tention. This also applies to the­o­ries and con­cepts relat­ing to mass com­mu­ni­ca­tions and their relat­ed trans­la­tion into issues and pol­i­cy agen­das. In the lead-up to the Novem­ber 2008…