Agnes Lucy Lando

Agnes Lucy Lando obtained her PhD in Social Communication from The Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, in 2008. Dr. Lando is a Senior Lecturer at Daystar University, Kenya. She teaches BA, MA and PhD Communication programs, supervises Dissertations; and serves in the Ethics Committee of the University.She has published in communication Ethics, Higher Education in Africa, the idea of a Catholic University in the 21st century, The Critical Role of Crisis Communication Plan, Rumours on Social Media, and the subtle Kenya 2013 Post-Election Violence. She won the 2013 George Gerbner Excellence Award. She is a member of IAMCR, ICA, NCA, IALIC and EACA. Dr. Lando is an external examiner for Makerere University (Uganda), in the Department of Journalism and Communication; and a visiting lecturer at St. Augustine University of Tanzania. Touched by the plight of students dropping out of university due to financial challenges, Dr. Lando, in March 2013, founded Master Communicators Welfare Association (MCWA). The first scholarship was awarded on 14th March 2014. Currently, Dr. Lando is co-editing “Impact of Communication and the Media on Ethnic Conflict” whose publisher is IGI-Global.

Publications

Using Media to Resolve Media Engendered Ethnic Conflicts in Multiracial Societies: The Case of Somalis of Kenyan Origin
Using Media to Resolve Media Engendered Ethnic Conflicts in Multiracial Societies: The Case of Somalis of Kenyan Origin
Agnes Lucy Lando. © 2020. 21 pages.
Due to varied reasons, all nations host people of diverse cultural backgrounds. Kenya, a nation of 40 million people with over 40 tribes, is not exempt. Further, Kenya, like any...
Using Media to Resolve Media Engendered Ethnic Conflicts in Multiracial Societies: The Case of Somalis of Kenyan Origin
Using Media to Resolve Media Engendered Ethnic Conflicts in Multiracial Societies: The Case of Somalis of Kenyan Origin
Agnes Lucy Lando. © 2020. 22 pages.
Due to varied reasons, all nations host people of diverse cultural backgrounds. Kenya, a nation of 40 million people with over 40 tribes, is not exempt. Further, Kenya, like any...
Media-Invented Stories and Outright Lies a Threat to Journalism Ethics and Media Credibility
Media-Invented Stories and Outright Lies a Threat to Journalism Ethics and Media Credibility
Agnes Lucy Lando. © 2019. 14 pages.
Several authors have researched on diverse challenges affecting media practice in different parts of the world: the growing influence of bribery (Dirbaba, 2010), one-sided and...
Media-Invented Stories and Outright Lies a Threat to Journalism Ethics and Media Credibility
Media-Invented Stories and Outright Lies a Threat to Journalism Ethics and Media Credibility
Agnes Lucy Lando. © 2017. 14 pages.
Several authors have researched on diverse challenges affecting media practice in different parts of the world: the growing influence of bribery (Dirbaba, 2010), one-sided and...
Impact of Communication and the Media on Ethnic Conflict
Impact of Communication and the Media on Ethnic Conflict
Steven Gibson, Agnes Lucy Lando. © 2016. 344 pages.
Throughout the world, cultural and racial clashes remain a major hurdle to development and progress. Though some areas are experiencing successful intercultural communications...
Using Media to Resolve Media Engendered Ethnic Conflicts in Multiracial Societies: The Case of Somalis of Kenyan Origin
Using Media to Resolve Media Engendered Ethnic Conflicts in Multiracial Societies: The Case of Somalis of Kenyan Origin
Agnes Lucy Lando. © 2016. 21 pages.
Due to varied reasons, all nations host people of diverse cultural backgrounds. Kenya, a nation of 40 million people with over 40 tribes, is not exempt. Further, Kenya, like any...
Traditional African Culture and Communication: The Missing Link in Cattle Rustling Interventions among Pastoralist Communities in Northern Kenya
Traditional African Culture and Communication: The Missing Link in Cattle Rustling Interventions among Pastoralist Communities in Northern Kenya
Agnes Lucy Lando, Samuel Kochomay. © 2016. 20 pages.
Cattle rustling among Kenyan and non-Kenyan pastoralists remains the oldest, persistent, and most complex conflict. It is a violent, intermittent and often unpredictable warfare...