ABSTRACT This study probes the impact which foreign Television programmes has on the cultural values of the Nigeria youths. The research posits that the current trends in cultural behaviour of youths in Nigeria as observed among Olabisi Onabanjo Uiversity student is significantly associated with their perception of foreign culture and exposure to foreign television programmes. From the review of related literature, the following hypotheses emerged for testing HI: More exposure to Tv will te...
ABSTRACT The Ngas people of Plateau State are classified among the minority ethnic groups in Nigeria. They are also known for their reputable legendary public figures including General Yakubu Gowon who was a military head of state (1966-1975). However, in academic and artisitic studies not much has been revealed about the people, their aesthetics as well as cultural and traditional values. Being dominated by exisiting majority ethnic groups in Nigeria, the Ngas possess thriving traditions of ...
ABSTRACT This essay is a critique of Nietzsche’s conception of man. Much of Nietzsche’s philosophical work has to do with the creation of self or to put it in Nietzsche’s terms, “becoming what one is”. Nietzsche’s philosophy contemplates the meaning of values and their significance to human existence. Given that no absolute values exist, in Nietzsche’s view, the evolution of values on earth must be measured by some other means. How then shall th...
One of the challenges faced by the society is the controversy surrounding the status of the female gender. While some describe the woman as the weaker sex, others refer to the female as a second class citizen. Both claims could be said to be rooted in cultural, social and religious orientations. To this end, many female writers have written to debunk these stereotypes and reconfigure women’s identities as part of the needful project to recover the distinctive tradition of African female sto...
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TABLE OF CONTENTSPageTitle page ----------iCertification----------iiDedication----------iiiAcknowledgement---------ivTable of contents ----------vList of tables----------viiAbstract----------viiiCHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION1.1 Background of the study-------11.2 Statement of the problem-------41.3 Objectives of the study--------51.4 Research questions--------51.5 Significance of the study-------51.6 Scope of the study--------61.7 Limitation of the study--------61.8 Definition of terms--------6CHA...
CHAPTER ONE 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Background of the study 1.2 Statement of the Problem 1.3 Objectives of the study 1.4 Research Questions 1.5 Significance of the study 1.6 Scope of the study 1.8 Operational Definition of Terms CHAPTER TWO 2.0 Literature Review 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Review of Concepts 2.2.1 Impact 2.3 Review of related works 2.3.1 The impact of films on youths 2.3.2 The influence of media on students 2.3.3 The impact of media use on children 2.4 Theoretical Frameworks 2.4.1...
Abstract The study was a descriptive survey designed to find out Teaching methods, as it affects students attitude towards the preferences of Business Studies in Calabar South Local Government Area. Views were sampled through an 11 item Likert- Type questionnaire from teachers and semi-structured focus group and one-on-one interviews for students, parents and Circuit Supervisors. Data was subjected to frequency counts involving simple percentages and content analysis techniques using themes ...
One of the major challenges of postcolonial African literature has been its transnational shift in the age of globalization. Globalization with its attendant increase in migrations continues to witness an influx of human beings from diverse parts of the world into Europe and America. Predictably, the largest numbers are often from the less developed countries of the world. The outcome of these movements has been transformations and integrations in different ways. It is on this premise that ...
A History of Party Politics in Jema'a Federation, Zaria Province 1945-1967
This study was conducted to analyse foreign aid-induced investigative journalism practice in Nigeria. It used quantitative approaches that combined content and document analyses. Published investigative stories from journalists trained from the independent media extractions that benefited from media development assistance in 2014 and 2017 constitute the study population. Purposive sampling procedure was used to select samples from the population and content categories and rubric scale were th...
ABSTRACT This study examined the influence of the Facebook platform in changing the behavior of female mass communication students towards the journalism profession. The major objective of the study was to determine ways Facebook could influence the behaviour of female mass communication students towards journalism as a profession. The survey method was adopted using the questionnaire as the primary means of data collection. The simple random sampling technique was used which enables ev...
The main purpose of this study is to restructure manual information services to electronic in Dr Aliyu Obaje university library, Kogi State Unversity, Anyigba. To Achieve this, four research objectives were drawn which include; to indentify manual information services rendered in Dr Aliyu Obaje university library, Kogi State Unversity, Anyigba; find out electronic information services rendered; to know the challenge associated with rendering electronic information services and suggest strateg...
ABSTRACT The title of this work is THE NUMERAL SYSTEM OF IKA. This language is used by the Ika people of Delta State. It’s central focus is to find out how numerals are derived in the language and the different morphological processes it undergoes in the modification of number names other than the basic ones. The motivation behind this study was the shocking and disappointing realization of the lack of linguistic study of this aspect of Ika. Another aim is to create a referenc...
Conservation is an essential library activity which when well implemented has the capability of sustaining and promoting library activities for a very long time. However, preservation is often used interchangeably with conservation, besides, there is a subtle difference between the two. Preservation suggests that natural resources will be left undisturbed, while conservation usually indicates some resource management. Conservation includes proper diagnosis of the decayed materials, timely cur...