Issues in Contemporary Journalism Education and Practice in Nigeria: Volume 1 (Critical Media Studies) - Softcover

Owens-Ibie, Nosa; Aondover, Eric Msughter

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798881903299

Publisher: Vernon Press, 2025

Synopsis

The twenty-first century is increasingly shaped by communications and media innovations. Societies and economies are now highly mediatised and digitised, like never before. There are phenomena changes in the ways global citizens communicate and interact. The era is one in which the mass media industries are highly disrupted. With mediatisation, digitalisation and audience participation in public sphere, old theories, concepts, curricula and pedagogy of communication and media studies are increasingly put to the test. Within this context, there is a paradigm shift from Mass Communication as a discipline to Communication and Media Studies, along with other highly specialised yet interrelated disciplines, taking into consideration the ongoing digital revolution harbingered by globalisation and contemporary Information Communication Technologies (ICTs). This has created the need for new instructional and reading materials relevant for use by stakeholders in tertiary educational system in Nigeria. Accordingly, 'Issues in Contemporary Journalism Education and Practice in Nigeria' is a timely and most adequate response to address the felt needs of teachers and learners in universities and colleges globally.

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About the Authors

Nosa Owens-Ibie, PhD, is a Professor of Communication, Media and Development at Caleb University, Imota, Lagos, Nigeria. Owens-Ibie, has published in scholarly journals both local and international. He coordinated the establishment of, and serves as General Secretary of the Association of Communication Scholars & Professionals of Nigeria (ACSPN). A consultant biographer and former newspaper columnist, he has worked with WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, IOM, UNESCO, ActionAid Nigeria and other private, government and public entities.

Eric Msughter Aondover, Ph.D, is a lecturer in the Department of Mass Communication at Caleb University, Imota, Lagos. Aondover is a communication scholar specialising in Journalism and Media Studies. He has published numerous papers in national and international scholarly journals and has participated in several conferences and workshops on communication, media, and journalism. He is a member of the Association of Communication Scholars & Professionals of Nigeria (ACSPN), the African Council for Communication Education (ACCE), and the Association of Media and Communication Researchers of Nigeria (AMCRON). He is also Fellow of the Social Science Research Council (FSSRC), USA, and an Award Winner of Campus Journalism as "Syndicated Writer", 2018 and "Book Author", 2019. He serves as Editor for MedDocs Publishers LLC, USA, Guest Editor of Science Publishing Group (PG), New York, USA, Editor of UNISIA Journal as well as Sparkly Research Journal.

Edition details

• Publisher: Vernon Press
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798881903299
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 162