A two–day workshop on optimizing new media opportunities and managing electronic vandalism begins on Tuesday.
The workshop which is a collaboration between the African Media Network and the Nigerian Press Council is scheduled to end on Wednesday.
A press statement 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.
He said the conspicuous and uncontrolled effects of the new media have left government policies, programmes, organisations and officials including children and women falling prey to electronic vandalism which often create falsehood, image erosion, tension and distress, on the other.
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.
This is done with the aim of equipping them 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.
The areas to be covered would include New Media Resources, Exploration, Exploitation and Development by Dr. Pius Onobhayedo of the Pan African University, Lagos; Cyber Hounding, Online Crisis and Reputation Management by Emeka Onyekonwu, an online reputation and crisis management strategist; The Power of Content by 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, llogger, Google ad-words professional and social media consultant.
