MASS COMMUNICATION PROJECT TOPICS AND RESEARCH MATERIALS

• 1. COVERAGE OF EDUCATIONAL AND ENTERTAINMENT ISSUES BY SELECT NATIONAL DAILIES

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Prior to the introduction of modern means of communication, man has fashioned himself with the appropriate communication approach suitable for his development, that is the traditional means of communication. Through this approach, people in different rural settings were mobilized to participate in the affairs of their locality. However, as the s...Continue Reading »

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• 2. AN EVALUATION OF RADIO PROGRAM STRUCTURE AND CONTENT IN ACHIEVING SOCIETAL VALUE...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study A radio program (radio programme) or radio show is a segment of content intended for broadcast on radio. It may be a one time production or part of a periodically recurring series. A single program in a series is called an episode. Radio came to be as a result of the invention of technology, therefore the history of radio in Nigeria started way ...Continue Reading »

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• 3. AN APPRAISAL OF RITUALISM IN NIGERIA HOME VIDEOS

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background Of The Study Since the advent of home video movies on the Nigerian entertainment scene in the late eighties, it has become a widespread form of family home entertainment as well as providing a lucrative source of livelihood for a good number of movie makers, some of whom had to find a way of staying in business after the decline of celluloid film(Okeckukwu, ...Continue Reading »

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• 4. THE IMPACT OF EXCESSIVE RITUAL THEMES IN NIGERIA HOME VIDEOS

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background Of The Study The Nigerian home video industry, without doubts, has become a phenomena in Nigeria. Home films, widely known as Nollywood, have become household fixtures in social contexts(Haynes, & Okome, O. 2000). Many broadcast stations now show them as part of their entertainment repertoire, thereby sustaining their potential for socializing impacts an...Continue Reading »

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• 5. THE ROLE OF NEWS PAPER IN REPORTING FULANI HERDSMEN ACTIVITIES IN NIGERIA

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Terrorism and conflict have become a worldwide trend that has sparked widespread worry. Nigeria has seen its fair share of terror incidents, the most of which have been caused by internal insurgency. The Fulani herdsmen and farmers dispute is one of Nigeria's worst crises and conflicts. This is tragically accurate, since the Fulani herders are n...Continue Reading »

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• 6. OBESITY AND IT IMPLICATIONS AMONG RURAL ADULT

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY In affluent societies, obesity is the most common nutritional disorder. Obesity is a condition characterized by an abnormally excessive level of body fat (Edinburgh 1995). It is defined as abnormal adipose tissue growth caused by fat cell enlargement (hypertrophic obesity) or an increase in the number of fat cells (hyperplastic obesity) or a com...Continue Reading »

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• 7. THE EFFECTS OF PUBLIC RELATIONS ON ORGANIZATION. (CASE STUDY OF ZENITH BANKS IN ...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Public Relation is the art and social science of analyzing trends predicting their consequences, counselling organization’s leaders and implementing planned programmes of actions, which will serve the interest of both the organization and its public. It is also a deliberate, planned and sustained effort to establish and maintaining mutual ...Continue Reading »

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• 8. THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE COVID-19 VACCINE IN TARABA S...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY In the last few years, the social media phenomenon has become increasingly entertaining across the world. According to Bazley, (2016), social media is a type of online media that expedites conversation as opposed to traditional media, which delivers content but doesn’t allow readers viewers/listeners to participate in the creation or devel...Continue Reading »

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• 9. THE ROLE OF FULANI RADIO IN RESOLVING HERDSMEN-FARMERS CRISIS IN NIGERIA

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background Of The Study Radio is a form of technology for signaling or communicating using radio waves. Fayeye (2011). Radio waves consist of electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). These waves are produced by a transmitter which is an electronic device connected to an antenna which radiates the waves, and received by a radio r...Continue Reading »

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• 10. ASSESSMENT ON THE PREDICTORS OF PUPILS’ DROPOUT AND ACHIEVEMENT IN PRIMARY SCH...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Education is the process of acquiring and applying knowledge in a variety of fields in order to perform one's job effectively. The federal, state, and local governments of the United States of America place a high value on education, seeing it as a weapon against ignorance, disease, squalor, and poverty, as well as a means of raising an educated...Continue Reading »

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• 11. MEDIA REPORTAGE OF THE AGITATION FOR THE SOVEREIGN STATE OF BIAFRA: A CASE STUDY...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study The name Nigeria is claimed to have sprung from the Niger River, which is one of Nigeria's main rivers today. Lord Lugard, the colonial governor, established the name. Apart from the connection to the Niger River, no other meaning has been derived from the name Nigeria (Uwaechu ,2004). During the powerful wind of nationalism that swept the conti...Continue Reading »

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• 12. THE ROLE OF MASS MEDIA DOCUMENTARY ON CERVICAL CANCER KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PR...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer diagnosed in women worldwide and the world's second most common cancer. (2011) Azenha, Bass, Caleffi, Smith, Pretorius, Durstine, and Perez Its attacks on women are three times higher in developed countries than in developing countries, but the death toll is higher in developing countries (Azenha et al,...Continue Reading »

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• 13. THE ROLE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES ON EMPLOYMENT GENERATION

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Nigeria's unemployment problem, which affects both educated and unskilled workers, has emerged as one of the most pressing and contentious challenges facing the country today. The unemployment scenario has shifted from one characterized by protracted periods of unemployment and under employment to one in which graduates from higher institutions ...Continue Reading »

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• 14. THE EFFECT OF PHOTOGRAPH IN NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE COVER PAGE (A CASE STUDY OF N...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Background to the Study Graphics especially photographs at glance trap the readers. If a photo is interesting enough, the reader will stop to it and read the caption and if is interesting you will move a little bit to read the headlines of the article. If the beginning of the article is catching enough the reader will read all of it. In view of this, only few of re...Continue Reading »

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• 15. MISREPRESENTATION OF AFRICA IN BROADCASTING MEDIA A CASE STUDY OF NTA

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• 16. THE ROLE OF MASS MEDIA IN THE FIGHT AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY. A CASE STUDY OF E...

  » INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) was created in Lagos State in 1992, a time when Notorious armed robbers such as Shina Rambo6 were in control of the state (Midenda, 2017). It was created as a faceless police unit that performs undercover operations against armed robbers. Within almost two decades of its creation, the unit has spread across the various stat...Continue Reading »

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• 17. BIG BROTHER AND ITS MENTAL HEALTH INFLUENCE

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1Background of Study Since the beginning of the 21st century, reality TV has begun to monopolize both cable and broadcast primetime television programming schedules. In this context reality TV is defined as a show without ―actors‖ in which the general public has access to becoming a contestant on the program. While technically any type of live, unscripted, or non fic...Continue Reading »

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• 18. THE IMPACT OF RADIO MUSICAL PROGGRAMMES ON NIGERIAN YOUTHS

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY This study is on The impact Of Radio Musical Proggrammes On Nigerian Youths using Osun State Polytechnic ND II Computer Science Student Students as a case study. In his concept of “empathy”, Lerner states that the inhabitants of third world nations must learn to empathize with the West for modern transformation of their societies to ...Continue Reading »

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• 19. EVALUATION OF TRADITIONAL MEDIA ROLE IN CREATING POLITICAL AWARENESS (A STUDY O...

  » EVALUATION OF TRADITIONAL MEDIA ROLE IN CREATING POLITICAL AWARENESS (A STUDY OF OBIO OFFOT, UYO)...Continue Reading »

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• 20. JOURNALISTS' PERCEPTION OF THE CREDIBILITY OF CITIZEN JOURNALISM ON SOCIAL MEDIA...

  » ABSTRACT This study was carried out to investigate journalists' perception of the credibility of citizen journalism on social media platforms with a particular reference to Journalists in Kano, Kano State. To achieve this objective, four research questions and two research hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The data was collected from both primary and secondary sources. The primary dat...Continue Reading »

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