Library - Selected African Holdings

Library - Selected African Holdings

Michigan State University

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MSU: Michigan State University · 1990

This article highlights some structures of social relations which influence the formation of images of women in society in general, and in the mass media in particular. Drawing from examples …


MSU: Michigan State University · 1990

This article critically analyzes the role of the Party newspapers in mobilizing the masses in Tanzania. It examines the existence of mass mobilizing content in the papers by method of …


MSU: Michigan State University · 1990

The thesis of this paper is that meaningful and lasting development can only be based on the mobilisation of our people for effective transformation of the developmental process. However, the …


MSU: Michigan State University · 1990

Tanzanians are turning inward now after dismantling most of the barriers to development colonial mentality, colonial regimes in the neighbourhood, illiteracy and poor health. The rallying cry now is increased …


MSU: Michigan State University · 1990

This descriptive paper throws the searchlight on the mass media under the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) from certain theoretical perspectives. After giving a brief background to the mass media …


MSU: Michigan State University · 1990

This baseline study of gatekeeping in the Nigerian press follows the tradition of White (1950) and Swider (1967) and reveals that as a concept, gatekeeping holds great promise in African …


MSU: Michigan State University · 1990

The need for and the character of media policy are inseparable from discussions and resolutions of issues concerning societal control and domination. This article argues that from available evidence, the …


MSU: Michigan State University · 1990

In any election year, the myriad of political communication messages that individual voters are daily exposed to provides a potentially bewildering competitive climate for opinion formation, attitude change and/or behaviour …


MSU: Michigan State University · 1990

In an attempt to redeem the imbalance in the quality of life between the rural and urban areas, Nigeria's Federal Military Government set up the Directorate of Food, Roads and …


MSU: Michigan State University · 1990

Despite the prevalence of mass media institutions and 'paraphernalia' in Nigeria, the Nigerian masses still remain marginalized and denied their right to communicate through the conventional mass media. This is …