ABSTRACT “What is news?” How do journalists as producers and purveyors of news determine what news is? This study sought answers to these age-old questions by examining newsroom practices in a commercial and public radio station in Ghana, which is, Joy FM and Uniiq FM respectively. Underpinned by the theories of gate keeping, ownership and news values, the study sought to interrogate the continuing relevance of traditional hegemonic views about news determinants. This study argued that t...
ABSTRACT Ghana today enjoys the presence of a multiplicity of voluntary organisations majority of which claim to be dedicated to women’s welfare and empowerment. These groups or movements operate in a rather calm and tolerant political atmosphere and enjoy the benefits of access to and a relatively easy means of information dissemination. How different was the situation in the 1950s and early years after independence when the main focus and attention of Ghanaians particularly, male politi...
There is no gain saying that archaeology and archaeological practice in Nigeria is yet to achieve the desired results, particularly as it is yet to fully meet the needs of the society, and largely contribute to problem solving in contemporary terms. This is seemingly not unconnected to the fact that the practice of archaeology in the country is faced with a lot of challenges, especially in the recent times. Thus, the aim of this research is to discuss the nature of some of these challenges an...
Abstract Language is an essential tool that fosters peaceful coexistence in any society. The Nigerian Pidgin is one of the unifying tools and a panacea for societal peace in a nation like Nigeria, with diverse languages, ethnic groups and cultures. This multilingual nature of the Nigerian society is a barrier to its societal peace, effective communication, and the implementation of the national language policy. In order to resolve the language problem and ensure societal peace, t...
ABSTRACT The contact between English and Efik phonological features gives rise to problems that are exhibited by the Efik-English bilinguals as second language speakers. The aim of this study is to describe the segmental units of the spoken English of the Efik-English bilinguals. The study has its theoretical thrust on Contrastive analysis by Lado (1957) which describes the systems of languages by comparing them with others and predicting areas of difficulties so that the L2 ...
Abstract The study seeks to assess the social media perception and usage among students of Nigerian universities. Three research questions guided the study. A survey research design was adopted for the study. The population for the study is 1816. The sample size of the study was drawn using Wimmer and Dominic to get 451. 451 copies of the questionnaire were distributed and 317 copies of the questionnaire were returned. Data was gotten from both the primary source and secondary source. The p...
Ọ̀pọ̀ onímọ̀ èdè Yorùbá ni àkíyèsi ìfarahàn iṣẹ́ sílébù olóhùn òkè hàn sí kedere àmọ́ àwọn díẹ̀ ni àkíyèsi ìfarahàn iṣẹ́ sílébù olóhùn àárín inú àpólà oníbàátan hàn sí. Èrò méjì ló wà lóri iṣẹ́ fáwẹ́lí olóhùn àárín inú àpólà oníbàátan nínú ède Yorùbá àjùmọ̀lò; àwọn onímọ̀ kan gbà pé fáwẹ́lì olóhùn àárín ló ń fi àpólà oníbàátan hàn nínú èdè Yorùbá n�...
Ọ̀pọ̀ onímọ̀ èdè Yorùbá ni àkíyèsi ìfarahàn iṣẹ́ sílébù olóhùn òkè hàn sí kedere àmọ́ àwọn díẹ̀ ni àkíyèsi ìfarahàn iṣẹ́ sílébù olóhùn àárín inú àpólà oníbàátan hàn sí. Èrò méjì ló wà lóri iṣẹ́ fáwẹ́lí olóhùn àárín inú àpólà oníbàátan nínú ède Yorùbá àjùmọ̀lò; àwọn onímọ̀ kan gbà pé fáwẹ́lì olóhùn àárín ló ń fi àpólà oníbàátan hàn nínú èdè Yorùbá n�...
There is no issue surrounding the phonemic status of consonants [l and n] in the Standard Yorùbá. It is proven that consonants [l and n] are allophones of the same phoneme which establishes the fact that l~n alternation does exist in the SY. Phoneme /l/ has two allophones: [l] and [n]; consonant [l] occurs before an oral vowel and consonant [n] occurs before a nasal vowel. There are two schools of thought on the phonemic status of consonants [l and n] in the South-East Yorùbá dialects; a ...
The manifestation of ͻ̃~ã is recorded in the Standard Yorùbá (SY) which is contrast to what we know in the South-East Yorùbá. This simply means vowels [ͻ̃ and ã] are known to be allophones of the same phoneme (/ã/) in the Standard Yorùbá (SY). In other words, there is ͻ̃~ã in SY. Can we say the same in the South-East Yorùbá? Are [ͻ̃ and ã] allophones of the same phoneme in the SEY? Does ͻ̃~ã really exist in the South-East Yorùbá? Hence, this study brings a contrast r...
It is known that an allophone is a non-contrastive segment. Less attention is given to its understanding because most scholars believe it is narrow in nature but there are more to allophonic variations across dialects of a language than what we know in the standard form of such language. Yorùbá is not exempted on this. Most (typical) native speakers of Yorùbá language find it difficult to produce /h/ in their day-to-day conversation which is why phoneme /h/ is mostly replaced with other s...
Social media and the internet have changed the way that information is disseminated to the public. Once upon a time, information was only accessible through the institutions of the State and the flow of information between governments and citizens tightly controlled. Since the internet we have seen this model turned on its head completely, as the costs of recording and distributing information dramatically dropped and the steady rise of citizen journalists, bloggers and online activists began...
MTN as a South African company was license to operate in Nigeria in February, 2001 and is undoubtedly one of the leading telecommunication companies in Nigeria with its presence in over 21 countries of Africa and the Middle East. With over 54 million subscribers in Nigeria, MTN Nigeria is unarguably the biggest GSM service provider in the country that keeps expanding its business frontiers and recording unprecedented turnover in Nigeria and even beyond. MTN Nigeria over the years has creat...
Abstract The main focus of this paper is to bring to limelight how archaeological activities/findings are appropriate resources not only for understanding the past, but also for the purpose of adequately informing future plans. Archaeological activities and findings have the ability to provide positive answers to the general social instability in a nation (as being experienced or witnessed in Nigeria in particular and West Africa in general). This research is of the opinion that, the archaeol...