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Item Analysis of Social Media Messages on COVID-19(Journal of Human Development and Communication, 2022) Udende, Patrick; Akpede, Kaior Samuel; Adisa, Rasaq Mohammed; Mahamood, Ahmad Fahmi; Abdullah, Shuhairimi; Abdulbaqi, audat S.; Abubakar, Y. Ibrahim; La’aro, Oba AbdulkadirThere is a rich literature on health communication generally. Most of these literatures dwell on diseases and viruses (see Kampf, Todt, Pfaender & Steinermann, 2020). However, rarely is anything found on the emergent virus COVID-19 otherwise known as Corona virus. This gives impetus to the study which aim is to analyse messages people post on social media about the virus. A purposive sampling of selected messages on ASUU Congress Whatsapp platform of Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Ilorin Chapter was used for the analysis between 1st January and 31st March 2020. Results show that most of the messages were on preventive measures as their hallmark was to create awareness on how to forestall people from being vulnerable to it. The study concludes that outbreak of novel diseases and viruses are bound to emerge, and social media will continue to serve as platforms for people to share messages about emerging diseases and viruses. Among other things, the study recommends sustained use of the social media by people to share not only preventive but also corrective measures about viruses as they emerge.Item Audiences’ Response to Emotional Expression on Facebook(Journal of Media, Communication & Languages, Faculty of Communication Technology, Cross River University of Technology, Calabar, Nigeria, 2019-04) Udende, Patrick; Adisa, Rasaq Mohammed; Iorkase, SylvesterThe advent of social media has provided an opportunity for users to express emotional messages of different kinds. Audiences on their part react to these emotional messages depending on the feeling expressed. Against this backdrop, a study was undertaken on the kinds of emotional messages people express on the social media platforms with close reference to Facebook, and responses elicited from audiences. Anchored on social sharing theory, the study adopted textual analysis as method of study. Population of the study was emotional messages on Facebook from which a sample was purposely drawn between June and August, 2017. These messages were descriptively analysed. Findings show a relative high preponderance of emotional messages with feelings of sorrow or grief that attract corresponding reactions with soothing tone, and that some reactions demonstrate a lack of understanding of some messages posted. The study concludes that from the pattern of messages, emotional posts with sorrowful undertone also attract high responses unlike messages with feelings of optimism, and fulfilment. The study recommends among other things that audience should understand the meaning of any emotional messages users post before they react to such messages.Item Impact of Smartphones on News Gathering and Reporting by Journalists in Kwara State(Social & Digital Media Discourse, 2021) Abubakar, I.Y.; Adekeye, Jesutoba Emmanuel; Udende, Patrick; Adisa, Rasaq Mohammed; Omoloso, A.I.; Kareem, Rhoda AreolaThe advent of the new information and communication technologies (ICT) brought new innovations to the media industry worldwide. The development of the ICT revolutinalised the practice of journalism with the introduction of new tools, which have not only enhanced the outputs of professional journalists but also altered the practices of journalism all over the world. The role of the ICT, especially smartphones and the Internet, cannot be overemphasised as they serve pivotal functions in changing and altering the practices of journalism. This study examined the impact of smartphones on news gathering and reporting among journalists in Kwara State, using survey questionnaire as research tool. Census sampling method was employed to seek information from 148 registered working journalists in Kwara State of Nigeria. The results showed that smartphone was popularly being used by majority of journalists in Kwara State for their professional activities and that the device has greatly enhanced their performances. The study recommended that media houses should provide journalists with multifunctional smartphones and facilitate adequate training on the optimum usage of such new gadgets for improved performances.Item Rethinking Communication Space in the Era of COVID-19(Benin Mediacom Journal, Department of Mass Communication, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria, 2020) Udende, Patrick; Akpede, Kaior Samuel; Adisa, Rasaq MohammedThe outbreak of COVID-19 has altered the space people naturally maintain in the course of interpersonal, group, and public communication. The shift in paradigm is a conscious measure aimed at averting the exponential rate of infections and death that could be caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite existing literature on communication space, it is unlikely studies have been conducted to show the new dimension in communication space that emphasises on social distancing. This forms the basis for this conceptual study which rationale is to establish the extent to which the outbreak of Corona virus contributes in redefining how people use and organise space at this auspicious moment of the global pandemic that encourages social distancing across cultures. To achieve this, the study, which is anchored on communication accommodation theory, examines Edward T. Hall’s four phases that characterise communication space namely intimate distance, personal distance, social distance, and public distance. While the study acknowledges the fact that use and organisation of space across cultures is not homogenous, it concludes that the outbreak of Corona virus has redefined how even people within a cultural setting relate among themselves. The study recommends among other things the need for people to embrace social distancing and avoid public gatherings to reflect the exigency of the moment.