The paper traces colonial legacies in Nigeria's press laws. Specifically, it traces the early antecedents of the Public Officers (Protection Against False Accusation) Decree No. 4 of 1984 and finds …

This paper analyses the level of competence of Tanzanian journalists to handle developmental issues. It proceeds from the thesis that development journalism is not reporting about events but processes, and …

Social work practice in Zimbabwe

MSU: Michigan State University · 1991

The development of social work in Zimbabwe is closely tied to the country's colonial history, its orientation reflecting a wholesale transfer from the British experience. Social work in Zimbabwe developed …

Possible implications of modern mass media for traditional communication in a Nigerian rural setting

MSU: Michigan State University · 1991

This article looks at two models of communication existing in a Nigerian rural environment: the traditional, largely interpersonal and interactive model, and the modem, mass mediated, impersonal system. Drawing from …

Educational change

MSU: Michigan State University · 1991

Political communications

MSU: Michigan State University · 1991

This paper examines mass media bias in Nigerian political communications. It argues that ownership of the mass media in Nigeria tends to determine how they are used for political communications …

Educational broadcasting in Africa

MSU: Michigan State University · 1990

This article discusses the concept of development communication and the role which communication can play in the development process. Using the Ugandan example, it shows how the broadcast media have …

Law and the mass media in Kenya

MSU: Michigan State University · 1990

This article describes and analyses the law affecting the mass media in Kenya. It poses and attempts to answer the questions: (a) who should define the role of the press? …

The image of women and the role of the media in a new political culture in Nigeria

MSU: Michigan State University · 1990

This article surveys how the mass media in Nigeria portray women and treat issues affecting them. It begins by looking at the number and status of women in Nigerian media …

Relationship between gender and self-perceived communicator style in the Nigerian cultural context

MSU: Michigan State University · 1990

This study assesses if gender has any influence on how Nigerian males and females perceive their communication styles. Using Norton's (1978) instrument of communicator style to collect the data, it …