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Item Determinants of Undergraduates’ Decision to Study Mass Communication at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria(Department of Mass Communication, Taraba State University, Jalingo, 2020-04) Udende, Patrick; Abdulbaqi, Saudat S.; Kadiri, Kehinde K.Every student that applies for a course at any tertiary institution has a rationale for the choice. Therefore, this study investigated the factors that influence undergraduates’ decision to study Mass Communication at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria. The population of the study was all the 214 registered students during the 2015/2016 academic session that cut across the four levels in the Department of Mass Communication. Since the study population was not large, all the students constituted sample for the study. The instrument of data collection was questionnaire. Complementing this instrument was in-depth interview which 20 students purposively selected were involved. Findings showed that, majority (61%) who voluntarily applied to study Mass Communication at the University of Ilorin was due to array of staff, facilities at the department (52%), and reputation of the University as a whole (41%), just as more than half of respondents (66%) indicated that they feel fulfilled studying Mass Communication at the University of Ilorin. The study concluded that although other factors with varying degrees of response rate including peer influence, parental role, job prospects, and proximity are responsible for students’ decision to study Mass Communication, these factors are secondary. It therefore recommended, among other things, that the University and the Department, in particular, should sustain its standard so as to satisfy students’ expectation and remain attractive to potential Mass Communication students.Item INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION EXPERIENCE AMONG INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN(CENTREPOINT JOURNAL - Humanities Edition, 2017-06) Udende, Patrick; Abdulbaqi, Saudat S.; Omoloso, Aisha ImamEvery year, more new international students are admitted into Nigerian Universities among which is the University of Ilorin, Ilorin. The good thing about this is the increased international competitiveness and enhanced global rating of the University. However, international students face some communication problems occasioned by cultural differences. Sometimes group separation isolates this category of students from local students, making it harder for them to effectively communicate with each other. On account of this, a study was conducted using 150 students to examine communication experience of international students. Findings vary ranging from the low-level association which 72% claimed to have improved on, to the lack of proficiency in the use of communication symbols (79%), and a remarkable difference in culture (54%). The study recommends among other things, the need for international students to increase interaction thereby, bridging culture boundaries that impede effective communication and interaction between them and their domestic counterpartsItem Measuring Aspiring Professionalism Quotient among University of Ilorin Public Relations Students(Public Relations Journal, 2017) Udende, Patrick; Abdulbaqi, Saudat S.; Abubakar, I.Y.The study examines the aspiring quotient professionalism among students, who specialise in public relations at the University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria during the 2016/2017 academic session. Method of the study is survey conducted on all the 42 out of the 44 students that constitute the study population. Findings show that most respondents regularly do every task they are assigned to the best of their ability, treat people with respect and often do what is morally and ethically right. The study concludes that students studying public relations generally possess the basic credentials required for professionalism. This is in spite of the few that lack the qualities required of a potential public relations practitioner evidenced in their lack of interest to become public relations practitioners after their training. Based on findings, the study recommends among other things that those with positive disposition to work, and are courteous as well as relentless in keeping abreast with current trends in public relations should sustain the culture. It also recommends that those who rarely do assigned tasks or fail to do what is right from a moral and ethical perspective should eschew from such conduct as such misdemeanours have no place in public relations practice.