Nigeria, with one of the most robust and freest media in Africa, provides a
fertile ground for unencumbered investigative journalism. In the last five years,
except for episodic exclusives in one or two newspapers, investigative stories
have waned. Why are Nigerian newspapers not engaging in investigative
reporting, and what implication does…[Read more]

There has been a recurrent rate of prevalent and pervasive violent conflicts
between herders and farmers in Nigeria. Issues emanating from environmental
degradation, and socio-political disorder have shifted pastoralist migratory
patterns and increased tensions between farmers and herders. This, however,
has influenced conflicts and hostility…[Read more]

Journalism, the “first draft of history” (i.e. Barth, 1943, p. 667), often drafts a
history of tragedy and violence – “the oldest kinds of stories” (Coté & Simpson,
2000, p. 3). Throughout history, war and storytelling are intractably linked:
“Because of the far-reaching effects of war, we want to know as much about it
as possible. Fo…[Read more]

The period between 2014 and 2016 saw the rise of the radical Islamist terrorist
group Islamic State (IS), which committed acts of terrorism in not only Syria and
Iraq but also unleashed violence in the rest of the world. Twitter took the lead
in being the source of receiving and giving quick updates on terror news. However,
a key question that…[Read more]

The present study critically investigates the single case media reporting of the
Chapel Hill shooting incident in North Carolina, USA. Eight newspaper reports,
including BBC, Fox News, Independent, The Telegraph, The New York Times,
Huffington Post, and among which two from CNN were assessed, using the Critical
Discourse Analysis (CDA)…[Read more]

Research originally developed in the 1970s to make television and mass media
advertising more effective has involved into a contemporary system of
propaganda manipulation. Agents use social media to convince people that
fake news is a valid reason for people to act and to vote. While the Russian
manipulation of the U.S. presidential election…[Read more]

The reflection of the idea of the leading role of native land is decided by the fact
that the primary attention is determined by the interest in the concept of the
revival of national identity. The aim of the article is addressed to the formation
of ideas about the reflection of native land during periods of socio-economic
upheaval. The…[Read more]

The article discusses some features of information technologies used by Kazakh
media during election campaigns of different years. The purpose of this work is
to analyze the peculiarities and factors behind the increasing role of the Kazakh
media in the process of democratic elections. The article shows that since 1991-
1996 transitional…[Read more]

News media studies, especially in the field of the political economy of media,
have traditionally been looking at frames used by news media. Structures are
usually examined as follows: the words or phrases emphasized; the images
excluded or trivialized; and what these frames suggest about the mediated
image of public issues. Recent studies in…[Read more]

The industry of public relations (PR) within the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is
lagging corresponding to the advancements which are happening in the external
world. In this context, social media has been regarded to be the primary catalyst
in terms of pushing the PR industry of the UAE to cope with the continuous
alterations of the external…[Read more]

Despite the importance of football as an effective means of developing physical
activity and fitness, routine data of football-related injuries are either
inadequate or underreported, particularly in Nigeria. To develop an
understanding of the football-related injuries and determine the prospects for
prevention, logical and useful information…[Read more]

A crucial question that has arisen is whether the involvement of Web users can
be extended to the funding of news organizations aimed at their financial
independence from traditional funding practices. The evolution of multimodal
media websites, the media crisis and the growing dissatisfaction of the citizens,
create the conditions for online…[Read more]

Governments have often sought improved ways to market their policies, which
are variedly viewed as adequate or inadequate, in a bid to get the citizens
actively engaged in the process of development. Digital media usage has
inundated the social media space with both individual and governments
presences. However, despite strong digital media…[Read more]

This study examined how Nigerian newspapers reported the herdsmen and
farmers’ conflict in Nigeria. It analyzed the contents of six newspapers to explore
the primary sources, the prominence accorded the conflict reports, and the themes
focused on their reportage. Findings show that out of the 159 stories considered
for the study, newspapers r…[Read more]

The study investigated the effects of Korean cultural products – namely drama,
popular music, and celebrity – on Malaysian metrosexuals’ attitudes to Korean
grooming products and also their consumption behaviour. In this study, we
developed a conceptual model depicting the relationships of critical variables
deduced from the Cultural Diamo…[Read more]

In recent years, we have witnessed an increase in the spaces for content written
by audiences in the news media and the growing integration of such material in
areas that had been reserved for news professionals until now. And, without a
doubt, political issues have been one of the ones that have generated the most
debate on the networks. And,…[Read more]

The study investigated the extent to which the media have set the
agenda for the reformation of prison, which has since August 2019 been
renamed “correctional services” in Nigeria, and the corresponding level of
awareness among media audience in South-East Nigeria. Survey and content
analysis were the research methods adopted. For the sur…[Read more]

The present paper aims to highlight the linguistic tools and techniques used
in the language of advertisements. The study becomes significant as the language used
in the advertisements is purposely and deliberately created. The deliberate use of
language makes the advertisements eye-catching and gets the attention of its viewers.
This study…[Read more]

This paper investigates the popularity of Christian videos among born-again
Christians in Enugu, Nigeria. This study is anchored on the theoretical foundations of
reception analysis. Following a qualitative research design, the research adopted a threestage research method, namely, qualitative content analysis, focus group interviews, and…[Read more]

The development of information and communication technologies in the formation
of a new technical and economic paradigm has changed the structure of the modern media
landscape. The article shows the change in media consumption in Kazakhstan as a result of
technological development and popularization of the Internet. The reflection of this…[Read more]