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ABSTRACT This project analyses semantic ambiguous headlines stating their communicative effectiveness with regards to print media. Using data from Vanguard and Daily Trust newspapers, the study discovered that ambiguities are prevalent in the newspaper headlines as a result of various manipulations on sentences and lexical choice. This leads to... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This project analyses semantic ambiguous headlines stating their communicative effectiveness with regards to print media. Using data from Vanguard and Daily Trust newspapers, the study discovered that ambiguities are prevalent in the newspaper... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1       Background of the Study           Civil unrest, terror threats, endemic corruption and ongoing abductions of Nigerians,  including the well-publicised kidnapping of school-girls by terrorist group Boko  Haram, underscore the continuing challenges of combating modern slavery in Nigeria. Modern... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT  Following the insurgency of Boko Haram attacks which have claimed many innocent lives since 2009 in Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan, on May 14, 2013, announced a state of emergency in Yobe, Borno and Adamawa states. The proclamation, according to President Jonathan, was an effort to maintain peace, law and order in Nigeria,... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Following the insurgency of Boko Haram attacks which have claimed many innocent lives since 2009 in Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan, on May 14, 2013, announced a state of emergency in Yobe, Borno and Adamawa states. The proclamation, according to President Jonathan, was an effort to maintain peace, law and order in Nigeria,... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT In to day’s word of mass media advertisement are ever-present  and influence people to high extent. It can be said that advertising,  as a phenomenon has rapidly developed for the past few decades,  thus becoming a futile ground for good communication, and the starting  point for making sense of what is bees communicated, is  that... Continue Reading

After the expulsion of the colonies and Kenya being declared as an independent state.  It was the hopes and desire of the majority that a renewed era of governance  characterized by the right to information and many promises the new government  came up with. This however did not come as soon as the media practitioners and journalist had ... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of newspaper structure and direction on the coverage of the Niger Delta Crises by newspapers in Nigeria. The study adopted the Agenda-Setting Theory and the Gate-Keeping Theory for its theoretical framework. Overall, the review of literatures showed that ownership and direction exerts... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1       Background to the Study             In distant past, the people that lived as families and clans in villages and towns communicated among themselves with different communication media. From the Stone Age up to the present computer generation, communication has been a tool with which to interact... Continue Reading

(A CASE STUDY THREE SELECTED NEWS PAPERS) CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION           Drug abuse has since been recognized as global problem that bother every country in the world today. Different nations across the world including Nigerians abuse the use of drugs and large percentage of these users... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The study is a descriptive survey designed to examine information and communication technology and changes in media production and distribution. A total of one hundred and fourteen respondents comprised staff of Vanguard and Daily Sun newspapers was used as sample size of the study. The study however collected its data from primary and... Continue Reading

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ABSTRACT The study is a descriptive survey designed to examine information and communication technology and changes in media production and distribution. A total of one hundred and fourteen respondents comprised staff of Vanguard and Daily Sun newspapers was used as sample size of the study. The study however collected its data from primary and... Continue Reading

'Times New Roman'' lang='EN-AU'>ABSTRACT mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman'' lang='EN-AU'>  'Times New Roman''>The study is a descriptive survey designed to examine information and communication technology and changes in media production and distribution. A total of one hundred and fourteen respondents comprised staff of Vanguard... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Media in our society today has been deployed as a possible means of transmitting political messages and ideology, focusing on print which impact and relevance outshone other media form. However, this research work aims at finding out how printed material (Newspaper) fared in coverage, reportage and affiliation when it comes to political... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Media in our society today has been deployed as a possible means of transmitting political messages and ideology, focusing on print which impact and relevance outshone other media form. However, this research work aims at finding out how printed material (Newspaper) fared in coverage, reportage and affiliation when it comes to political... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Media in our society today has been deployed as a possible means of transmitting political messages and ideology, focusing on print which impact and relevance outshone other media form. However, this research work aims at finding out how printed material (Newspaper) fared in coverage, reportage and affiliation when it comes to political... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The mass media plays vital roles in informing the public on relevant issues like sexual assault in the society. This study investigated the coverage of sexual assault stories in two Nigerian Dailies – The Punch and The Guardian newspapers, 2015. A sample size of 412 editions was drawn using the simple random sampling technique. A total... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The press sensationalizes crime stories, over reports violent crime stories like homicide, assault, etc. in comparison to non-violent stories and that violent stories are usably reported disproportionately compared to their incidence in official crime statistics or victims surveys, and that sensational reporting of crime contribute to... Continue Reading

(A STUDY OF DAILY SUN AND THE NATION NEWSPAPERS BETWEEN APRIL-MAY, 2011) Abstract This study was carried out with the sole objective to determine how Daily Sun and the Nation Newspapers covered Boko Haram Activities in Nigeria between April and May 2011. The researcher highlighted on the... Continue Reading

Purpose and Objective of the Study Purpose is defined as an idea or aim kept in the mind as the goals towards which ones   effort   is   directed.   It   is   a   definite   intention  an   object   or   reason   to   which something exist or is done. On the whole, the purpose of this study is to examine Newspaper... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The mass media plays vital roles in informing the public on relevant issues like sexual assault in the society. This study investigated the coverage of sexual assault stories in two Nigerian Dailies – The Punch and The Guardian newspapers, 2015. A sample size of 412 editions was drawn using the simple random sampling technique. A total... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT  The press sensationalizes crime stories, over reports violent crime stories like homicide, assault, etc. in comparison to non-violent stories and that violent stories are usably reported disproportionately compared to their incidence in official crime statistics or victims surveys, and that sensational reporting of crime contribute to... Continue Reading

Purpose and Objective of the Study Purpose is defined as an idea or aim kept in the mind as the goals towards which ones effort is directed. It is a definite intention an object or reason to which something exist or is done. On the whole, the purpose of this study is to examine . It... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1       Background of the Study One of the major energy challenges in the world today is ensuring access to clean and sustainable energy in developing countries. International Energy Agency IEA (2010) estimated that in 2008 about 1.4 billion people in the world lacked access to electricity of which 587 million were... Continue Reading

A  PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF POLITICAL INTERVIEWS IN A SELECTED DAILY NEWSPAPER. (THE PUNCH) CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION  Language is an instrument of thought or concept which gives clear and vivid meaning of human expression for the purpose of human interaction.  In any speech community, if there must be interaction, language must be in... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Language is an integral part of our socio-cultural heritage that serves as the primary medium of communication for mankind. Pragmatics evolved to drill out meanings and to give interpretations to utterances beyond what is literarily said. This research work was carried out in order to give light to political interviews and to bring out... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT       Language is an integral part of our socio-cultural heritage that serves as the primary medium of communication for mankind.  Pragmatics evolved to drill out meanings and to give interpretations to utterances beyond what is literarily said.  This research work was carried out in order to give light to political interviews and to... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This research is on Advertisers Preferences of Media Channels, Problems, Choice and Reasons (A Comparative Study of Daily Sun Newspaper and Newswatch Magazine). This study is designed to find out the level of preferences of different advertisers towards Daily Sun Newspaper and Newswatch Magazine. This study is divided into five chapters... Continue Reading

 ABSTRACT This research is on Advertisers Preferences of Media Channels, Problems, Choice and Reasons (A Comparative Study of Daily Sun Newspaper and Newswatch Magazine). This study is designed to find out the level of preferences of different advertisers towards Daily Sun Newspaper and Newswatch Magazine. This study is divided into five chapters... Continue Reading