Ebola, culture and Fear: A communication perspective of local and foreign knowledge and management of the disease
Since the outbreak of the Ebola pandemic, local (cultural and health) groups as well as international communities have treated knowledge of the disease differently. Fuelled by media reports, certain religious and medial communities in the US and other Western countries have set up psychological and physical barriers against people from the region where the pandemic is said to have originated. While people in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone are the most affected by the disease, African blacks have been discriminated in some communities, creating fears of xenophobia.
Over 250 LECTURES GIVEN SINCE 1984. SELECTED LIST
- Media convergence in a changing world delivered at Misr International University, April 2, 2022
- Communicating Health issues in Africa during Pandemics: An examination of socio-cultural factors in Covid-19 & other infectious diseases delivered at the 2022 IAICS Annual Conference 27th International Conference-Toledo-Virtual, June 29, 2022
- Regional Coordination Mechanism, U.N. Cluster, United Nations.
- International Association of Media, Communication, and Research (IAMCR), 2002, 2003, 2004
- Global Listening Centre
- National Communication Association (USA)
- School of Mass Communication, Yaounde, Cameroon
- Benin
- International Association of Intercultural Communication Studies
- American Society of Journalists and Authors;
- YMCA;
- Family Christian Association of America, Jackson, Mississippi, 1986
- Rotary Club International, Niger, West Africa
- Rotary Club International, Elizabeth City
- Rotary Club International, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
- International Association of Intercultural Communication Studies.
- Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China 2000, 2002
- Hawaii
- Munich , Germany
- Ethiopia
- Guyana
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