All is now set for a two –day workshop on optimizing new media
opportunities and managing electronic vandalism.
The workshop which is a collaboration between the African Media Network
and the Nigerian Press Council is scheduled to hold Tuesday and
Wednesday, July 25 and 26, 2017 in Lagos.
A release by the President/CEO AMNETT, Aniekan Umanah said “the
workshop will provide insights into new media opportunities,
advantages and exploration for the benefit of government, corporate
bodies and individuals.”
Mr. Umanah said the social media being the “most popular haunts on the
internet” has revolutionized the way people communicate and socialize, on
the one hand, even as the conspicuous and uncontrolled effects of the new
media have left government policies, programmes, organizations and
officials including children and women falling prey to electronic
vandalism which often create falsehood, image erosion, tension and
distress, on the
Mr. Umanah, further stressed that the workshop targeted at Information
and corporate communication managers shall ventilate the need for key
officials saddled with new media management responsibilities to be
equipped with requisite knowledge and skills needed to confront the
negative effect of new media and position their organisations for
improved productivity and acceptability.
The workshop is billed to attract wide range of professionals and
resource persons who would speak on the various sub themes which include
New Media Resources, Exploration, Exploitation and Development , Dr Pius
Onobhayedo of the Pan African University, Lagos.; Cyber Hounding, Online
Crisis and Reputation Management , Emeka Onyekonwu, an online reputation
and crisis management strategist; The Power of Contentby Tayo Olosunde
who is the Lead Facilitator Google sponsored Digital Skills for Africa.
Other sub-themes include Online Media Tracking and Intelligence by
Babajide Ogunsanwo, a foremost Nigerian Expert Data Analyst and ; Cyber
Crime and the Law , Mr. Basil Udotai, a Technology Attorney and Digital
Marketing and Online Advertising Strategies to be taken by Okemini Otum, a
Digital Business Strategist, Blogger, Google Ad-words professional and
social media consultant.