Twitter As Means of War Propaganda

November 2011 – Kenya’s Defense Force strikes new paths while being on war against the Al-Shabab militia in Somalia. Recently Major Chirchir, army spokesperson, used his Twitter account to issue a warning: ten villages in Southern Somalia would soon be attacked. Whoever receives this message, he added, should warn their friends or family living in these villages.

In mid October 2011 Kenya had sent her troops to Somalia to fighting against the terrorist threat of the Al-Shabaab militia. Since then news have gone to and fro. Possibly to become independent from reports by classic media, Major Chirchir busies himself twittering the war’s progress while about 2500 people “follow” him. Continue reading…

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Michael Hasenpusch is a communication expert with a strong background in journalism, onlinemedia, public relations and media project management .

I usually work as a consultant on mid- and longterm assignments, while the range is wide. Past contracts have been as long as 18 months and as short as one week with a tendency to the longer ones. I offer a variety of services that include public relations strategy, creative ideas for pr campaigns, social media campaigning, media training, speech writing, crisis communication, online concept of complete websites, and editorial services. For details please refer to the Services page. Continue reading...

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In the past years I have completed many assignments in public relations, online concept, marketing as well as film and photography. I have also worked as a technical advisor with the German Development Service, advising the Ghanaian National Media Commission on long term strategy and change management. Among my customers were private cooperations like T-Online and Frankfurter Rundschau, as well as international organisations like Asian Development Bank and GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit). I also teach at university level and in seminars subjects like public relations, social media, online concept and media monitoring. Continue reading...

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