Papers by Suleimanu Usaini
The use of participatory journalism to re-invent broadcasting outlets is common trend among media... more The use of participatory journalism to re-invent broadcasting outlets is common trend among media professionals and experts. This paper examines the use of citizen journalism in the production of news contents for broadcast media outlets. Based on principles from Democratic Participant Media theory, the paper argues that participatory journalism can serve as a watchdog to the development process of a nation. Also, this paper examined issues that affect global media outlets that make use of citizen journalism to produce news contents. The authors suggest that citizen journalism should be seen as a tool to re-invent professional media practice. It is an inevitable practice evident on the internet that can be used to promote national development.
Television has evolved into a potent force in the transmission of social values and norms in a ci... more Television has evolved into a potent force in the transmission of social values and norms in a civilised society. Moreover, there are TV stations that have emerged with specialised programming in entertainment, called entertainment television. This study, sought to find out the frequency of teenagers' exposure to entertainment TV; the kinds of entertainment programmes they watch; what they pay attention to in the programmes they watch ; and how the entertainment programmes shape their social behaviours. The results show that teenagers frequently watched entertainment TV as represented by 81.9% of them who indicated so. It was also evident that there was a significant relationship between teenagers frequency of exposure to entertainment television programmes, and their role in shaping their
The use of participatory journalism to re-invent broadcasting outlets is common trend among media... more The use of participatory journalism to re-invent broadcasting outlets is common trend among media professionals and experts. This paper examines the use of citizen journalism in the production of news contents for broadcast media outlets. Based on principles from Democratic Participant Media theory, the paper argues that participatory journalism can serve as a watchdog to the development process of a nation. Also, this paper examined issues that affect global media outlets that make use of citizen journalism to produce news contents. The authors suggest that citizen journalism should be seen as a tool to re-invent professional media practice. It is an inevitable practice evident on the internet that can be used to promote national development.
Journal of Media and Aesthetics, Aug 20, 2012
This article proposes a general use of blogs to promote national development. Based on ideas from... more This article proposes a general use of blogs to promote national development. Based on ideas from Democratic Participant Media theory, as well as the Uses and Gratification theory, it argues that individual usage of blogs can serve as a pillar to the development process of a nation. This paper examined the concept of blogs and citizen Journalism as well as how it affects the different spheres of life. The paper also expounds on the strenght and pitfalls of citizen journalism. The Authors suggest that citizen journalism should be seen as a tool to re-invent professional media practice in the Nigerian society. It is an inevitable practice evident on the internet that can be used to promote national development.
This study analysed and reviewed the Nigerian print media coverage of Internet related crimes fro... more This study analysed and reviewed the Nigerian print media coverage of Internet related crimes from January to December 2010. The focus of the study was to determine if the Nigerian print media adequately report internet related crimes. Content analysis was adopted for the study as well as use of frequency tables for analysis of data. The findings of the study showed that the print media under study did not give adequate attention to the coverage of cybercrime. Out of 384 issues which were content analysed, only 30.9% stories were found for newspapers, while for magazines out of 72 issues content analysed only 11.1% stories were found. The data gathered also showed that only two reports were made on the front pages of the selected newspapers. For magazines only two stories were above one page. Most of the reports were favourable and gotten from the local sources. Therefore it was recommended that journalist should endeavor to give more coverage to cybercrime activities and should make it an agenda in order for the menace to be addressed adequately.
Television has evolved into a potent force to be reckoned with in the transmission of social valu... more Television has evolved into a potent force to be reckoned with in the transmission of social values and norms in a civilised society. Moreover, there are TV stations that have emerged with specialised programming in entertainment, called entertainment television. The study, which this paper represents, sought to find out the frequency of teenagers' exposure to entertainment TV; the kinds of entertainment programmes they watch; what they pay attention to in the programmes they watch; and how the entertainment programmes shape their world view concerning social behaviour in their environment. The results show that teenagers frequently watched entertainment TV as represented by 81.9% of them who indicated so. It was also evident that there was a significant relationship between teenagers frequency of exposure to entertainment television and programmes, and its role in shaping their social behaviour. It was also noted that the influence of the programmes on the teenagers could be negative or positive depending on the individual teenager and the kind of programme he or she is frequently exposed to. The paper recommends that entertainment programme producers should develop, produce and broadcast entertainment programmes with high positive values, while the negative social values should be presented as unacceptable.
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