Newspaper coverage and the prevention of child sexual abuse in Nigeria
Abstract Sexual Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) is a contending issue across the globe, but especially in Nigeria. Most sign...
Netnography of an online twitter trolling by a Nigerian user
Abstract This study focuses on bringing to the fore the unwholesome narratives by Twitter users to project their grievances on p...
New media and indigenous cultural identities in Nigeria
Abstract New media is a channel of mass communication mediated through internet-enabled computerised devices and dedicated appli...
News commercialization and public relations practice: Insights from Nigerian practitioners
Abstract This study examined the effect of commercialization of news on Public Relations practice. Relying on insights from Nige...
Nigerian newspapers’ coverage of COVID-19 pandemic: Content analysis of The Guardian and The Nation
Abstract This study investigated the Nigerian newspapers’ coverage of the Corona virus (Covid-19) pandemic disease. Two pr...
News as a source of political propaganda in a Nigerian state government-owned television station
*MOFOLUKE IBIDUNNI AKOJA, Ph.D., & **MOROLAKE ENIOLA JIBOKU Abstract It is argued that all government-owned media h...
News media performance in contemporary Nigeria democracy - An analysis of selected newspaper editorials
Abstract Based on premise that where news media are effective in their normative roles, they contribute to strengthening democra...
Newspaper Framing of the APC Change Mantra in the 2015 Nigerian Presidential Election - A Study of The Punch And The Guardian Newspapers
Abstract One of the ways in which the mass media shape public perceptions of key issues is through the act of framing. During el...
Newspaper Framing of Ethnic Issues and Conflict Behaviour in Nigeria
Abstract News framing impact on public opinion and behaviour formation have been severally established. However, its influence o...
Newspaper Coverage of Anti-Corruption Issues in Nigeria, 1995 – 2011
Abstract This study examined the prominence given to corruption stories by the Nigerian press using the content analysis method....
NIGERIAN NEWSPAPERS COVERAGE AND FRAMING OF 2010 JUBILEE DAY BOMB BLAST IN ABUJA
Abstract This study investigated the coverage of terrorism in Nigerian newspapers with particular reference to the October 1st 2...
NATIONAL CRISIS AND INSECURITY - AN ANALYSIS OF THE FRONT-PAGE HEADLINES ON BOKO HARAM AND EBOLA DISEASE IN TWO SELECTED NIGERIAN NEWSPAPERS
Abstract Nigerian newspapers are expected to play a very significant role in times of national crises just as what Nigeria has g...
News framing of traffic congestion in Nigeria’s urban areas
Abstract An evidence of urbanisation is the wide layout of roads and proliferation of vehicular activity leading to traffic con...
NEWSPAPER AUDIENCE’S USE OF GSM TEXT MESSAGING FOR FEEDBACK
Abstract Feedback is a key element in the process of mass communication and new media technologies are revolutionising the proce...
NORTH-SOUTH INFORMATION CRISIS AND ITS IMPLICATION FOR JOURNALISM EDUCATION IN AFRICA
Abstract This study examined the image of Africa as portrayed in the international news columns of Nigerian newspapers in order ...
NARRATIVE AND DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF THE IDEOLOGY IN THE REPRESENTATIONS OF WOMEN IN NIGERIAN HOME VIDEO FILMS
Abstract This study investigates the pattern of representations of women in Nigerian home video films with the aim of exposing t...
NEW MEDIA AND THE ARAB SPRING OF 2011
Abstract This paper examines the impact and interplay of news media and social media network sites on the contemporary political...
NEWS FRAMING IN THE UNITED STATES OF THE VIOLENCE IN JOS, NIGERIA
Abstract This study analyzes media framing in The New York Times and The Washington Post about violence in Jos, Nigeria, over th...
NEWSPAPER COVERAGE OF PEOPLE’S PERCEPTION OF PRESIDENT YAR’ADUA’S PRE-ELECTION CAMPAIGNS
Abstract The issue of whether our opinions are formed in part, based on the information we get from the media is one that has be...
Newspaper coverage of the 2007 presidential election petitions’ tribunal proceedings in Nigeria
Abstract Election has always ended in controversy or litigation in Nigeria from 1923 when the first election was held till 2007 ...
Nigerian press coverage of hate speeches and negative campaigns in the 2015 presidential elections
Abstract Globally, hate speech has attracted attention among scholars and professionals in the areas of journalism, politics, co...
Nigerian Elite’s Perception of Mass Media Coverage of Federal Government Policies and Their Believability
Abstract Government policies are meant to reach the people, particularly the elite, who are the opinion leaders that can influen...
News framing of traffic congestion in Nigeria’s urban areas
Abstract An evidence of urbanisation is the wide layout of roads and proliferation of vehicular activity leading to traffic con...
NURTURING AFRICAN PUBLIC SPHERES: LESSONS FROM THE ZIMBABWE PRESIDENTIAL RUNOFF ELECTIONS
This paper uses the importance of the public sphere theoretical concept to present day societies and uses the presidential runoff...