ABSTRACT This study explores the concept of audience development in an attempt to create an audience development plan for the National Theatre of Ghana. For the National Theatre of Ghana, the relationship and attendance of audience to its programmes and resident groups’ productions is an issue of concern. The management of the Theatre faces a problem in developing audiences as most performances they present including those of the resident groups are not well patronised as against private th...
ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate the discourse that characterizes herbal medicine advertisements on radio. The study focused on the persuasion techniques, language style, tone and style of presentation associated with herbal medicine radio commercials. Three herbal ads on Peace FM were selected as the units of analysis. The products that were studied are New Kingdom Ginseng Power Capsules, Sibor Tonic and News Angel Natural Capsules. The study was anchored on the conceptual models of ...
ABSTRACT iii This research was aimed at improving on distilled water production in the basin-type solar stills. Four similar stills were built with local materials.Results from this work indicated that for good performance of the basin-type solar still, a depth of 3.0cm should not be exceeded. The still, when covered throughout the night and put into operation the following day, increases the yield. Furthermore, sawdust has been found to be a good substitude for the traditional urethane foam ...
Ak[nauche, an ontological and intelligent component of the human person capable of mediating and unifying the individual‘s facets of existence, is central in maintaining social order in Igbo culture. Existing studies have addressed the idea of ak[nauche mainly from scientific and aesthetic perspectives, without adequate analysis of the concept in relation to the unity of the individual as a being of many parts, significant to the attainment of social order. This study, therefore, inves...
ABSTRACT In this research study the output factors of a 6 MV beam were measured by using Razor diode, Gafchromic EBT-3 film and small volume ionization chambers 0.13 cc ionization chamber, 0.01 cc Razor ionization chamber from IBA – dosimetry, BahnhofstraBe, Germany. Both perpendicular and parallel orientations of ionization chambers relative to the propagation of radiation beam were considered. Varian Unique medical system Linac was used to deliver a 6 MV beam. Detectors were placed at the...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine the communication strategy of The Future Awards Season 7 (2012) with emphasis on the channels of communication. The Future Awards is an annual event with several stages and processes all of which need to be communicated to the target audience. The study identified the communication channels used at each stage of the award and the reason for the choice of such channels by the organisers. Daft and Lengel‟s media richness theory guided the study...
ABSTRACT The inspiration for the creation of ECOWAS came from the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), which had divided Africa earlier in the1960s into regions for purposes of economic development. The ECOWAS Treaty seeks to establish an economic and monetary union based on the removal of duties and equivalent taxes, the adoption of a common external tariff, and a harmonization of economic and sectoral policies. In 1993, ECOWAS revised its Treaty to introduce among other me...
Household economy involves the production and consumption at micro level of human organisation and is characterised by cultural forces that influence actions taken to prevent and/or cure illnesses in rural communities. Existing studies on household economy in rural communities of Nigeria have focused on production and consumption patterns, without paying considerable attention to how local economic system influences health-seeking behaviour. This study, therefore examines the cultural st...
ABSTRACT This study examines the causes of the Nawuri-Gonja conflict, which broke out in 1991 over allodial land rights. In Alfai, as is the case of other Ghanaian societies, the modes of measuring allodial land rights are embedded in the historical traditions of the people. By right of autochthony and autonomy, allodial land rights in Alfai in the pre-colonial period resided in the Nawuri. However, Alfai’s encounters with the colonial enterprise led to the evolution of new constructs of al...
ABSTRACT There is a dearth of literature on return migrants from the Gulf region and their migration experiences while abroad. Anecdotal evidence indicates that the experiences of migrants from the Gulf region have been characterised by a lot of abuses and inhumane treatment on the part of the employers of these migrants. Therefore, the objective of the study was to explore the migration experiences of return migrants from the Gulf region. The research design that was adopted for the study wa...
ABSTRACT This study is a critical analysis of Nigeria's Mass Communication Policy . It examines why, two decades after it was enunciated, not much has been achieved in terms of advancing the frontiers of mass communication in the country to meet the basic minimum standard of the United Nation's Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to which Nigeria belongs. The study seeks to prove that there were some conceptual errors in the formulation of the policy, which, ab initio,...
ABSTRACT This study is primarily conducted out of the conviction that Nigeria's role in international information gathering and dissemination has left much to be desired. The propelling aim of this study, therefore, is to critically examine the various factors bedeviliing Nigeria's effective performance in the international information system. Secondly, the study attempts to map out appropriate implementable strategies that would enhance Nigeria's role in the international information system...
ABSTRACT Prior to the deregulation of the broadcast industry in Nigeria in 1992, the broadcast landscape was one characterized by monopoly and lack of space for showcasing news that will enable audience to choose according to their preferences. Indeed what was obtainable then was a situation where every state established and controlled its own broadcast outfit in such a manner that the audience was left with no alternative. The establishment of the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission by the Bab...
ABSTRACT KMS are IT systems that manage the knowledge of organizations, these systems aid organizations generate new knowledge, record, utilize and allocate knowledge. This study examines the adoption of knowledge management systems at the American University of Nigeria. Centred on the UTAUT2 theory, this study puts forth a framework and then investigates its constructs to explain individual’s behavioural intentions to adopt knowledge management system. This work also examines the moderati...
ABSTRACT Flooding is undoubtedly one of the global natural disasters with the most debilitating effects on both humans and other living things alike. It is the leading and most frequent cause of natural disaster fatalities worldwide. It has become such a global concern that both developed and developing countries give maximum attention to it in finding ways of minimizing, if not preventing, its effects. The objective of this study is not to describe the impact of flood events on human populat...