ABSTRACT The research investigates the contribution of African Independent Television (AIT) in promoting youth popular culture. To this end the objectives of the study were to assess the role of AIT in repackaging Africa’s rich cultural Heritage to attract youths, determine the contribution of AIT in enhancing Nigeria values among youths, appraise the role of AIT in promoting popular trend among youths. The research questions that guided the study were what are the significant technical ele...
ABSTRACT This study probes the impact which Tv has on the cultural values of the Nigeria youths. It specifically tackles the impact of western Tv programes on Nigeria University students. The research posits that the current trends in cultural behaviour of youths in Nigeria as observed among Caritas student Enugu is significantly associated with their perception of western culture and exposure to western Tv programmes. The assumption that foreign media content has direct powerful effects is...
ABSTRACT This research work focused on the influence of AIT coverage on post 2011 election sentiments among the residents of Kabala Doki, Kaduna. The research was conducted on 100 residents of Kabala Doki. It was found that most of the broadcast stations including AIT are found with airing things that might provoke sentiments to the prospective audiences in regards to the election. To minimize this problem, we suggest that journalist should bear in mind the interest of the entire country, rat...
ABSTRACT This research work covers the impact of the public library services to the people of Kaduna State. It examines the views of the users toward the services rendered by the library, the type of services offered and also how satisfactory the users are with the services. The survey design was adopted in this study and methods used collecting data included questionnaire, observation and interview. From the analysis, it was revealed that students are the majority users of the library and t...
This annotated bibliography, of major published works on mass communication in Africa (mainly, the Anglophone sub-Saharan region), is the third of such publications that have been undertaken by the African Council for Communication Education (ACCE) to promote in the continent the development and wide-spread use of textbooks and other teaching and research materials that are relevant to local conditions and anchored on the experiences of Africa's rich variety of socio-cultural, economic and po...
ABSTRACT This research work seeks to examine to what extent the press content (restricting it to print media) affect the choice made by the public toward a particular political candidate. It examines theories as related to the field of mass communication, which emphasis the media key role in determine what perception the public build on a political figure. To this end, the study is pattern along the Instructive Stimulus Response Theory or the “Hypodermic needle/magic bullet” theory of the...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted on the Impact of Management Style of Nagarta Radio on Reporters and producers of Programmes in the station. Survey research method was used for data collection, questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection. From the finding, it was discovered that 63% of reporters and producers of Nagarta radio agreed that the management of the station interferes with their duties. It was also discovered that 67% of the reporters and producers did not agreed that ...
ABSTRACT This study explains the effect of Twitter social networking sites on the behaviour of secondary school students in Essence International schools, Kaduna and the ways it affect them. The study focuses on social Networking sites, but specifically it focuses on Twitter social networking sites. Interview as methodology is use to collect data and questionnaires as instrument of survey using random sampling techniques. Twitter social networking site has great impact and effect upon the b...
ABSTRACT This Research Work focused on the tense errors in the English essays of Secondary Schools Students. The research was conducted on essays written by thirty (30) Students of the above school. The analysis of the essays revealed the deficiencies of some of the Students in using English tense. In the use of the present tense, for instance, Students had more difficulties in the use of present tense compare to the use of other tense. It has also been observed that students commit these err...
ABSTRACT National integration has been described as the role in which television must play. This term paper will critically examine the level to which television can aid national integration and to achieve unity in diversity. It will also assess the impact of television message on individuals in the society. Also it will look into the NTA Kaduna has been able to perform the integration function. TABLE OF CONTENT ContentsPage Titlei declarationii Approval pageiii Dedicationiv Ackno...
The main objective of this study was to explore and to examine the attitude of students towards choosing librarianship as a career in some selected secondary schools in Lokoja metropolis. TABLE OF CONTENT Title page Certification …………………………………………………………………………… i Dedication ……………………………………………………………………………… ii Acknowledgment……………………………………………�...
ABSTRACT The low rate of female participation in politics compared to that of their male counter- parts in Nigeria creates a need to examine the situation in this study, “The role of broadcast media in mobilizing women for political participation in Nigeria”. This study examines the problems, first, defining the importance of women to participate in politics. The survey research method was employed in this study and questionnaires were used for data collection, then the hypotheses were te...
A GOOD STORY. Thinking of things ,people or place that that interest you is a great way to come-up with story ideas. for example, i love having burn fire. It interests me. i could choose to write about a burn fire experience during my last summer camp. How do we do this? first, you need a pencil, a paper , write down the exciting ideas that pop into your mind, try to picture something really creative. this step will guide you to have a good plan for your story. A good story comes from ...
ABSTRACT One of the challenges that have persisted in African philosophy through the centuries is the question, if there is an African philosophy at all. Thus, when one uses the term African, one is asked to contextualize the term: Does it (the term African) refer to the content of the philosophy or does it qualify the identity of the philosophers themselves? Whether resting with the former, or the latter, or making a synthesis of both perspectives, our Western counterparts in the field of ph...