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Title:Mass media and society in Nigeria
Editors:Oso, LaiISNI
Pate, UmaruISNI
Year:2011
Pages:283
Language:English
City of publisher:Lagos
Publisher:Malthouse Press
ISBN:9788422284; 9789788422280
Geographic term:Nigeria
Subjects:mass media
journalism
press
Abstract:This collective volume covers various aspects of the mass communication landscape in Nigeria, especially the growth and development of the media. Chapters: Socio-historical context of the development of Nigerian media (Lai Oso, Dele Odunlami & Tokunbo Adaja); A critical analysis of State-press relations in Nigeria, 1999-2005 (Chris W. Ogbondah); One State, many nations: media portrayal of multiple identities in Nigeria (Onjefu Okidu); Mass media and governance: issues and challenges in contemporary Nigeria (Adepoju Tejumaiye & Omowale Adelabu); Commercialism, mass media and the imperatives of health communication (Jide Jimoh); The press and the Buhari regime in Nigeria (Umaru A. Pate); Editorial missions of the press in north-eastern Nigeria (Danjuma I. Gambo & Hassan A. Hassan); Press under the military: the IBB years (Lai Oso); Journalism ethics in Nigeria (Jimi Kayode); The press, social responsibility and the coverage of human rights issues in Nigeria during the Abacha regime (Umaru A. Pate); Cartoons portrayal of human rights abuses in periods of economic deregulation in Nigeria (Rotimi Williams Olatunji); The coverage of Lagos State House of Assembly in two Nigerian newspapers (1999-2003) (Oladokun Omojola); The uses and gratification of call-in programmes in Nigeria's transitional telecommunication system (Nosa Owens-Ibie & Abigail O. Ogwezzy); News Agency of Nigeria as a channel for political communication in Nigeria (Olalekan Ganiyu Akasoro); Commercialisation and broadcast journalism (Sunday Olayinka Alawode); Mass media, intellectuals and the cultural imperialism discourse in Nigeria (Mohammed D. Musa). [ASC Leiden abstract]
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