ABSTRACT Slangy expressions and catchy phrases are deliberately used in hip-hop songs in order to reduce the degree of vulgarity in the content of the song so as not to disrupt society moral norms, and to increase the rate of acceptability of such song amidst listeners, to avoid direct stating of the name of the referent (s) in a satirical song for instance, and also for singers to create a landmark worth discussing even while the song is no longer in vogue. Aside all these, slang forms and...
ABSTRACT In several quarters, there have been allegation making round, that state governments use their state Broadcast media as propaganda machinery. The focus is to investigate such allegation using Rivers State Broadcasting Service (RSBS) radio/TV as a case study. The study was based on critical theory by staurt Hall. The theory views the means by which the “haves of society gain the willing support of the “have nots†to maintain the status quo. The study uses empirical met...
INTRODUCTION Communication is a basic human need and for that reason, man has always found a means of meeting this need. The media, which is an umbrella term for various means of communication, has become an integral part of human life around the world. The earliest forms of personal media, speech and gestures, had the benefit of being easy to use and did not necessarily need complex technology.The weaknesses of not being able to communicate to large audiences led to the development of mass m...
ABSTRACT Guinea worm disease is a disease that has eaten deep into the bone marrow of most developing countries especially in the rural areas of these countries, though efforts has been made and still being made it has to be treated or fought severely for it to be entirely eradicated. That is why the researcher embarked on this research to study and bring out the roles of radio and interpersonal communication in the eradication of guinea worm using Nkalagu community as a case study. The work ...
ABSTRACT This research work focused on the role of radio in propagating culture in Nigeria (a case study of southern Ijaw local government Koluama Bayelsa State). It is believed that the radio does not propagate culture in Nigeria and as a result of this the researcher decided to embark on a research to find out why the radio does not propagate culture in Nigeria- Research questions were constructed to guide the researcher in the study using the survey research method which was adopted, and...
ABSTRACT This study probes the impact which Tv has on the cultural values of the Nigeria youths. It specifically tackles the impact of western Tv programes on Nigeria University students. The research posits that the current trends in cultural behaviour of youths in Nigeria as observed among UNICAL student Enugu is significantly associated with their perception of western culture and exposure to western Tv programmes. The assumption that foreign media content has direct powerful effects is ...
TABLE OF CONTENT CHAPTER 1 Introduction Background to the Study Statement of Research Problem Purpose of the Study Significance of the Study Scope and Limitations Research Methodology CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW Origin of Pidgin The Evolution of Nigerian Pidgin Status of Nigerian Pidgin Attitudes Towards Nigerian Pidgin The Language Composition of Nigeria Pidgin CHAPTER 3 Research Methodology Research Design Research Population Sampling and Sample Procedure Description of Research Instrumen...
ABSTRACT The researcher in this work focused on the Attitude of Female Mass Communication Students Towards Journalism As a Career. It is believed that a large number of female trained journalists are produced from different higher Institutions in our country, but only a few go into the filed to practice their Journalism profession. This is why the researcher dimmed it fit to research into the image of female Journalists. Research questions are constructed to guide the researcher in her study....
ABSTRACT Our country, Nigeria is more of a capitalist state and everyone in his kind of business, wants to maximize profit. By the way of negligence of the ethical standards, some advertisers, regardless of the decency, truthfulness and social values which advertising upholds stick to unethical advertising practice, thus, causing loss of lives, discomfort, and dissatisfaction to the consumers of some goods and services. In the words of Ifedayo Daramola (1999) “a number of advertisements...
ABSTRACT Language and man are inseparable and since the languages of the world come in contact, there is bound to be a problem like mother tongue interference which is a sociolinguistic phenomenon. This work takes for granted that grammatical competence is totally different from phonological competence and it has worked on this premise using phonological conventions in analysing the sampled data. The findings proved that interference at the phonological level is a major problem confronting ou...
ABSTRACT This research is on “Factors Affecting the Quality of Family Forum-A Programme of Anambra Broadcasting Service, Awkaâ€. The desire for this study was informed of the need for better family planning and moral upbringing of the children, now difficulties are abound and mortality is steadily in the decline. Therefore, the researcher decided to evaluate this ABS radio programme to find out its contributions towards solving the identified social problem. To execute the job, sur...
ABSTRACT In this research project, attempt has been made to determine how much attention the Nigerian press devotes to MDGs issues. One year editions of Daily Trust and The Guardian newspapers from July 2010-June 2011 were content analysed, examining the frequency of occurrence of MDGs issues in the said newspapers, the prominence MDGs receive and the nature of reporting MDGs issues in the newspapers studied. Findings from the research revealed that MDGs issues were not given prominence; no s...
TABLE OF CONTENT CHAPTER ONE 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY 1.2 STATEMENT OF THE RESEARCH PROBLEM 1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY 1.5 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 1.6 RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS 1.7 CONCEPTUAL AND OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF TERMS 1.8 ASSUMPTION OF THE STUDY 1.9 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY REFERENCES CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 SOURCES OF LITERATURE 2.2 REVIEW OF RELEVANT LITERATURE 2.3 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 2.3.1 OPINI...
TABLE OF CONTENT CHAPTER ONE THE IMPORTANCE OF PIDGIN ENGLISH IN BROADCAST / PRINT 1.1INTRODUCTION 1.2ASSUMPTION 1.3STATEMENT OF RESEARCH PROBLEMS 1.4STATEMENT OF RESEARCH QUESTION 1.5OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY 1.6 HYPOTHESIS 1.7SCOPE OF THE STUDY 1.8LIMITATION OF THE STUDY 1.9DEFINITION OF TERMS: CONCEPTUAL AND OPERATIONAL CONCEPTUAL DEFINITION CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1SOURCES OF LITERATURE 2.2REVIEW OF LITERATURE 2.3IMPORTANT OF PIDGIN ENGLISH IN BROADCASTS 2.4THE REVIEW OF LI...
ABSTRACT The focus of this study is “the impact of management communication for effective organizational performance†with particular reference to ANAMMCO, Enugu. The core concern of the study was to find out the communication techniques and system that will help in determining the effectiveness of such techniques and system for effective organizational performance. To achieve this aims, the researcher used questionnaires method to obtained data from all the six (6) department ...