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Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52838#.VKoBpMnQrzE Author(s)    Armando Freitas da Rocha 1 , Eduardo Massad 2,3* , Fabio Theoto Rocha 1,4,5 , Marcelo Nascimento Burattini 2,6 Affiliation(s) 1 Research on Natural and Artificial Intelligence (RANI), Jundiaí, Brazil . 2 School of Medicine, University of São Paulo Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil . 3 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK . 4 Instituto de Pesquisas em Teoria da Informação (IPTI), Aracajú, Brazil . 5 Laboratory of Signal Processing, Department od Electrical Engeneering, Faculdade de Engenharia Industrial, São Paulo, Brazil . 6 Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil . ...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52332#.VJDhTMnQrzE Author(s)   Godwyns Ade’ Agbude 1* , Nchekwube Excellence-Oluye 1 , Joy Godwyns-Agbude 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Political Science and International Relations, College of Development Leadership Studies, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria . 2 Charis Center of Leadership and Development Studies, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria . ABSTRACT Several researches have been conducted on the nature, character and causes of underdevelopment in Africa. Some scholars have alluded to the imperativeness of leadership in fostering development in Africa while some pointed a robust accusing finger to the structures of the internati...

Read full paper at: www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50190#.VDHqr1fHRK0 Author(s)    Kirchuffs Atengble Affiliation(s) Institute for Scientific and Technological Information (CSIR-INSTI), Accra, Ghana . ABSTRACT For about five decades after independence, the media in Africa had been dominated by traditional mass communication such as radio, television and the print. But with development in internet technologies, coupled with developments in mobile communication devices, such tendencies begun to wane, and the resultant effect was the blend of the old and new media. This paper therefore discusses some of the activities that were threaded on social media platforms, and then identifies particular effects that such ac...