Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Management , 2022
Education is the substratum of development of any society because it equips the drivers of develo... more Education is the substratum of development of any society because it equips the drivers of development with the wherewithal to perform their tasks. Therefore, this content analysis study compared how the Daily Guide and Ghanaian Times newspapers of Ghana, and The Guardian and Punch newspapers of Nigeria, reported education issues in late 2020 and 2021. The study, which was cabled on the Status Conferral theory of the media, set out to determine the extent of reportage given to education issues by the selected newspapers; to identify the story genres used in reporting education issues, and to ascertain if these journals gave prominence to education-related issues. Results revealed that adequate reportage was not given to education issues. Also, the four newspapers used more straight news stories in their reportage. Further, the study found that the newspapers did not give prominence to education issues. It was consequently recommended, among others, that newspapers should address the various issues that have to do with education. The paper also suggests how to improve the standard of education specifically in the sub-Sahara region and generally in the African continent; that newspapers in Ghana and Nigeria should report more about education issues with all the genre of story types available, and that, just as the status conferral theory dictates, newspapers should report a lot about education to draw the attention of stakeholders and make it a topic of discussion in both nations. One of the ways to achieve this is to give education-related stories, enough prominence.
The deregulation of the broadcast industry in Africa has helped politicians to advance their ambi... more The deregulation of the broadcast industry in Africa has helped politicians to advance their ambitions at the expense of the ethics of the profession of journalism. In Nigeria, there are prevalent cases of the state media being used by government to run political campaigns of only the political parties of the ruling class. This is the same story where private media organizations are owned by chieftains of some political parties in the country. Such media (both print and electronic) are used as propaganda machineries by these party chieftains and also used as media for carrying out negative reports about the party in power. Many African countries have similar situations. This paper looks at how the ownership of media organizations across the continent has interfered with the standards of professionalism in journalism. The paper will use the social responsibility theory and the libertarian theory to serve as theoretical framework. The paper will dwell more on the role of ownership in the media coverage of some African countries from 2011 to 2012 and try to make comparison with what is obtainable in the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
Subtitles are captions displayed at the bottom of a cinema or television screen that translate or... more Subtitles are captions displayed at the bottom of a cinema or television screen that translate or transcribe the dialogue or narrative. Nigeria and indeed Africa should be a major beneficiary of the subtitles considering the number of ethnic groups in the continent. The emergence of different film industries in countries around Africa has helped in showcasing Africa to the international community. Hence, subtitles came in handy, considering the fact that most viewers cannot understand the language with which the movies were produced. This paper explores the battle for meaning by English subtitles to movies produced in African languages especially the Nigerian film industry. The paper will look at the Hermaneutic Theory of Mass Communication to buttress the relevance of deriving meaning out of movie subtitles. The Hausa and the Yoruba film industries are the subjects of this study because of the large viewership they enjoy by people even outside Nigeria. The research came up as a res...
The emergence of indigenous film industries across the world has been seen by many as a threat to... more The emergence of indigenous film industries across the world has been seen by many as a threat to the influence of Hollywood on the movie scene. This paper tries to look at the ideological influence of Hollywood on movies the world over. the paper considered the Chinese, Indian and Nigerian film industries. the three industries were chosen because of their influence on their continents and some parts of the world. The Theory of cultural Imperialism is chosen as the supporting theory for the paper.
Subtitles are captions displayed at the bottom of a cinema or television screen that translate or... more Subtitles are captions displayed at the bottom of a cinema or television screen that translate or transcribe the dialogue or narrative. Nigeria and indeed Africa should be a major beneficiary of the subtitles considering the number of ethnic groups in the continent. The emergence of different film industries in countries around Africa has helped in showcasing Africa to the international community. Hence, subtitles came in handy, considering the fact that most viewers cannot understand the language with which the movies were produced. This paper explores the battle for meaning by English subtitles to movies produced in African languages especially the Nigerian film industry. The paper will look at the Hermaneutic Theory of Mass Communication to buttress the relevance of deriving meaning out of movie subtitles. The Hausa and the Yoruba film industries are the subjects of this study because of the large viewership they enjoy by people even outside Nigeria. The research came up as a result of the persistent errors, which I have noticed while watching Yoruba and Hausa films with subtitles. Subtitles convey a summary of the dialogues taking place in a movie. Viewers who cannot understand the language used for the dialogue rely on the subtitles to make meaning out of the movie. If they are unable to make meaning out of the subtitles because of some inadequacies as a result of carelessness in the process of production, the aim of having the subtitles is defeated.
The emergence of indigenous film industries across the world has been seen by many as a threat to... more The emergence of indigenous film industries across the world has been seen by many as a threat to the influence of Hollywood on the movie scene. This paper tries to look at the ideological influence of Hollywood on movies the world over. The paper considered the Chinese, Indian and the Nigerian film industries. The three industries were chosen because of their popularity in their continents and some parts of the world. The Theory of Cultural Imperialism is the supporting theory for this paper.
The deregulation of the broadcast industry in Africa has helped politicians to advance their ambi... more The deregulation of the broadcast industry in Africa has helped politicians to advance their ambitions at the expense of the ethics of the profession of journalism. In Nigeria where I come from, there are prevalent cases of the state media being used by government to run political campaigns of only the political parties of the ruling class. This is the same story where private media organisations are owned by chieftains of some political parties in the country. Such media (both print and electronic) are used as propaganda machineries by these party chieftains and also used as media for carrying out negative reports about the party in power. This paper will look at how the ownership of media organisations across the continent has interfered with the standards of professionalism in journalism. The paper will use the social responsibility theory and the libertarian theory to serve as theoretical framework. The paper will dwell more on the role of ownership in the media coverage of some African countries from 2011 to 2012 and try to make comparism with what is obtainable in the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Management , 2022
Education is the substratum of development of any society because it equips the drivers of develo... more Education is the substratum of development of any society because it equips the drivers of development with the wherewithal to perform their tasks. Therefore, this content analysis study compared how the Daily Guide and Ghanaian Times newspapers of Ghana, and The Guardian and Punch newspapers of Nigeria, reported education issues in late 2020 and 2021. The study, which was cabled on the Status Conferral theory of the media, set out to determine the extent of reportage given to education issues by the selected newspapers; to identify the story genres used in reporting education issues, and to ascertain if these journals gave prominence to education-related issues. Results revealed that adequate reportage was not given to education issues. Also, the four newspapers used more straight news stories in their reportage. Further, the study found that the newspapers did not give prominence to education issues. It was consequently recommended, among others, that newspapers should address the various issues that have to do with education. The paper also suggests how to improve the standard of education specifically in the sub-Sahara region and generally in the African continent; that newspapers in Ghana and Nigeria should report more about education issues with all the genre of story types available, and that, just as the status conferral theory dictates, newspapers should report a lot about education to draw the attention of stakeholders and make it a topic of discussion in both nations. One of the ways to achieve this is to give education-related stories, enough prominence.
The deregulation of the broadcast industry in Africa has helped politicians to advance their ambi... more The deregulation of the broadcast industry in Africa has helped politicians to advance their ambitions at the expense of the ethics of the profession of journalism. In Nigeria, there are prevalent cases of the state media being used by government to run political campaigns of only the political parties of the ruling class. This is the same story where private media organizations are owned by chieftains of some political parties in the country. Such media (both print and electronic) are used as propaganda machineries by these party chieftains and also used as media for carrying out negative reports about the party in power. Many African countries have similar situations. This paper looks at how the ownership of media organizations across the continent has interfered with the standards of professionalism in journalism. The paper will use the social responsibility theory and the libertarian theory to serve as theoretical framework. The paper will dwell more on the role of ownership in the media coverage of some African countries from 2011 to 2012 and try to make comparison with what is obtainable in the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
Subtitles are captions displayed at the bottom of a cinema or television screen that translate or... more Subtitles are captions displayed at the bottom of a cinema or television screen that translate or transcribe the dialogue or narrative. Nigeria and indeed Africa should be a major beneficiary of the subtitles considering the number of ethnic groups in the continent. The emergence of different film industries in countries around Africa has helped in showcasing Africa to the international community. Hence, subtitles came in handy, considering the fact that most viewers cannot understand the language with which the movies were produced. This paper explores the battle for meaning by English subtitles to movies produced in African languages especially the Nigerian film industry. The paper will look at the Hermaneutic Theory of Mass Communication to buttress the relevance of deriving meaning out of movie subtitles. The Hausa and the Yoruba film industries are the subjects of this study because of the large viewership they enjoy by people even outside Nigeria. The research came up as a res...
The emergence of indigenous film industries across the world has been seen by many as a threat to... more The emergence of indigenous film industries across the world has been seen by many as a threat to the influence of Hollywood on the movie scene. This paper tries to look at the ideological influence of Hollywood on movies the world over. the paper considered the Chinese, Indian and Nigerian film industries. the three industries were chosen because of their influence on their continents and some parts of the world. The Theory of cultural Imperialism is chosen as the supporting theory for the paper.
Subtitles are captions displayed at the bottom of a cinema or television screen that translate or... more Subtitles are captions displayed at the bottom of a cinema or television screen that translate or transcribe the dialogue or narrative. Nigeria and indeed Africa should be a major beneficiary of the subtitles considering the number of ethnic groups in the continent. The emergence of different film industries in countries around Africa has helped in showcasing Africa to the international community. Hence, subtitles came in handy, considering the fact that most viewers cannot understand the language with which the movies were produced. This paper explores the battle for meaning by English subtitles to movies produced in African languages especially the Nigerian film industry. The paper will look at the Hermaneutic Theory of Mass Communication to buttress the relevance of deriving meaning out of movie subtitles. The Hausa and the Yoruba film industries are the subjects of this study because of the large viewership they enjoy by people even outside Nigeria. The research came up as a result of the persistent errors, which I have noticed while watching Yoruba and Hausa films with subtitles. Subtitles convey a summary of the dialogues taking place in a movie. Viewers who cannot understand the language used for the dialogue rely on the subtitles to make meaning out of the movie. If they are unable to make meaning out of the subtitles because of some inadequacies as a result of carelessness in the process of production, the aim of having the subtitles is defeated.
The emergence of indigenous film industries across the world has been seen by many as a threat to... more The emergence of indigenous film industries across the world has been seen by many as a threat to the influence of Hollywood on the movie scene. This paper tries to look at the ideological influence of Hollywood on movies the world over. The paper considered the Chinese, Indian and the Nigerian film industries. The three industries were chosen because of their popularity in their continents and some parts of the world. The Theory of Cultural Imperialism is the supporting theory for this paper.
The deregulation of the broadcast industry in Africa has helped politicians to advance their ambi... more The deregulation of the broadcast industry in Africa has helped politicians to advance their ambitions at the expense of the ethics of the profession of journalism. In Nigeria where I come from, there are prevalent cases of the state media being used by government to run political campaigns of only the political parties of the ruling class. This is the same story where private media organisations are owned by chieftains of some political parties in the country. Such media (both print and electronic) are used as propaganda machineries by these party chieftains and also used as media for carrying out negative reports about the party in power. This paper will look at how the ownership of media organisations across the continent has interfered with the standards of professionalism in journalism. The paper will use the social responsibility theory and the libertarian theory to serve as theoretical framework. The paper will dwell more on the role of ownership in the media coverage of some African countries from 2011 to 2012 and try to make comparism with what is obtainable in the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
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