Abstract The mass media have been used as veritable sources of information during elections. They have been used to propagate ideas often known as propaganda and as instrument of political mobilization. The information projected by the different media of mass communication alongside other societal factors influence voters’ choice(s) during elections. It is on this note that this research work tried to analyze audience perception of media coverage of april 2011 presidential election in ...
ABSTRACT In Nigeria, a significant number of intellectuals, journalists, and businesspeople believe that government should not interfere with ownership and control of the mass media. The important point implicit in this viewpoint is the assumption that the pattern of ownership of the mass media is crucial in determining the strength or weakness of the press. This study surveys the constraints on journalistic practice in government- owned media in the south-south geo-political zone of Nig...
Communication has always been an effective tool used by management of organizations to enhance performance, this project work is divided into five chapters. The chapters expantiate on the background to the study, the theory framework that are used in the study and the data analysis technique adopted by the researcher in carrying his research on the study and draw a conclusion from the findings in the last chapter.
Abstract Stylistics over the years has proven to be a field capable of accounting for the structural and functional intricacies of language and its style of use. This is owing to the fact that it is a field that allows for the empirical and thorough analysis of texts (both literary and non-literary), through its vast and apt analytical tools. In lieu of this, this study is a stylistic analysis of Remi Raji’s Web of Remembrance and Idris Amali’s War of Ants. The purpose of the study w...
A surrogate, which is synonymous with words such as “deputize,” “foster,” and “substitute,” is not a strange word for many persons, even in Africa. It explains the condition that births a person or animal acting as a substitute for the social or personal role of another, such as a surrogate mother. However, commendable as this sounds, the problem of surrogacy in today’s world reached apogee as a result of the misconstrued preconception of familyhood. This growing misinterpretati...
SOURCED CREDIBILITY OF INTERNET BASED NEWS STORIES ORANGE FM, AKURE ABSTRACT This study investigates the Sourced Credibility of Internet Based News Stories on Orange FM, Akure. These sources include mainstream (vanguardnewspaper.com, BBC.com, Punchnewspaper.com, NAN.com etc), independent (thedrudgereport.com, axisoflogic.com), and index-type (news.google.com, yahoo.news.com) websites. 210 news bulletins were studied. Content Analysis and Survey Research Methods were utilized in order to know...
Abstract This study the role of the media in the management of environmental health issues in makurdi Benue state, was designed to assess the role of the media in management of environmental health issues in Benue state. Relevant literature were reviewed on Solid Waste, Public Health, Attitude Change and Media. The survey research design was adopted with questionnaire used as data collection instrument. Result from the finding shows that the media has increase knowledge and change perception ...
A DECONSTRUCTION OF CHIMAMANDA ADICHIE’S HALF OF A YELLOW SUN AND CHINUA ACHEBE’S THERE WAS A COUNTRY AS NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR NOVELS BY OYELEKE SUNDAY MICHAEL U14EL1063 A PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND LITERARY STUDIES, FACULTY OF ARTS, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA IN FULFILMENT OF ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN ENGLISH (LITERATURE) OCTOBER, 2018. Declaration I hereby declare that this research is done by Oyeleke ...
The project looks into how football, a universal language, can serve as a tool for bringing adherents of several religions together peacefully.
ABSTRACT The study seeks to examine the role of electronic media in informing women on vocational skills acquisition; a case study of Gwale Local Government Area of Kano State. The study is set to achieve the three objectives of which include; to find out the level of awareness of vocational skills acquisition programs among media exposed women, to find out how media exposed women utilize vocational skills information and to identify any challenges media exposed women face in the utilization...
A guide to Pragmatics with sample
ABSTRACT This study examined the adoption of digital distribution channels among Nigerian Newspapers. The study covers both online and offline newspapers. In carrying out this research, 50 newspapers’ website were examined, using the content analysis method. The findings indicate that the newspapers adopted 22 out of 24 digital distribution channels available online and offline. Most of newspaper websites examined adopted social media distribution channel with Facebook as the most extensive...
ABSTRACT The concept of customer satisfaction occupies a central position in marketing thought and practice. Satisfaction is a major outcome of marketing activity and serves to link processes culminating in purchase and consumption with post-purchase phenomena such as attitude change, repeat purchase, and brand loyalty. Customer satisfaction has been a subject of great interest to organizations and researchers alike. The principal objective of organizations is to maximize profits and to minim...
THE EFFECTS OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND OTHER GRAPHICAL ILLUSTRATIONS ON NEWSPAPER READERSHIP AMONG NIGERIAN STUDENTS: A STUDY OF RUGIPO STUDENTS ABSTRACT The issue of newspaper readership is a major issue that newspaper publishers are daily concerned with because the end point of all effort put into the production of dailies is that the target audience should purchase and read it, the former being of much more interest to the publishers. Over the years there has been several academic debates as t...
Humankind’s quest for the control of nature has led to the waging of unwinnable wars over natural forces and manifestations. Nigeria is challenged by some environmental problems just like other parts of the world and the consequences are alarming as damages done to the environment have become evidently noticeable. Nigeria has a total land area of 983,213 square kilometers occupied by about 120 Million people and the interaction of these millions of people with the environment has left an i...