ABSTRACT Potable water is an essential good which the United Nations regard as a human right that everyone must get access to. In many developing countries however, potable water is inadequate and so water is rationed. Research indicates that decisions regarding water utility services in developing countries can be controversial and may be received by publics with mixed feelings. Research further establishes that, if the management of a water utility company is able to communicate effectively...
Male Chauvinistic Nature of South Indian Cinema, it's effects on Young Keralites and their views Mainstream cinema has always been in the forefront of upholding traditional values, this conformity factor is very evident in the average cinema the industry produces. At the onset of the Dharmaśāstras (After the Vedic period), there was a decline in the status given to women in society. Education and even religious studies were not encouraged for girls and they were far down in terms of...
ABSTRACT The importance of information to man cannot be under - estimated. It serves as the oxygen that breathes life into governance. But laws are hardly fascinating to man; it makes least leisure reading. Nigerian public office- holders have been taken advantage of ambiguous nature of law to deprive journalists and by implication, the citizenry of their rights to know what operates in our adminstrative rooms. Then came the Freedom Of Information Act 2011, af...
ABSTRACT Educational broadcasting policy has been successfully used for diffusing education among audience in so many countries across the world. It is a policy that has been adjudged effective in bridging the gap between the classroom and home, and an effective alternative for the deprived and unreached. Just like many other nations, Nigeria in the past had an effective educational broadcasting policy that facilitated the production and transmission of educational programmes to schools and ...
Poor knowledge and insufficient information about maternal health among women have been identified as some of the factors responsible for increasing maternal mortality in developing countries. Since the broadcast media is regarded as one of the effective means of communication in such countries, this study examined perceived impact of broadcast media messages on knowledge, attitude and perception of maternal health among women in Ilorin. The objectives of the study were to (i) find out women�...
Print media is one of the medium through which information is disseminated to audiences. The study looked at Daily Graphic and Ghanaian Times reportange of the Alavanyo-Nkonya conflict. Sixty editions of the two selected newspapers;Daily Graphic and Ghanaian Times Newspapers were used within a period of four years.The study employed content analysis within the quantitative approach. Content analysis was used to analyze stories contained in the sample newspapers. In applying content analysis, ...
ABSTRACT The study was undertaken to do a comparative analysis of Channels TV and NTA's coverage of2015 general elections to determine the level of comprehensiveness, purpose, direction or slant and objectivity of coverage. Three theories were used as framework for this research. Agenda setting, Social responsibility and Development media theories. Content analysis was used to analyse datat from a sample size of 76 days with 673 and 583 issues covered by Channels TV and NTA stations respecti...