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Item Development and National Security: The Role of Indigenous Languages in Dissemination of Media Content in Nigeria.(Al-Hikimah University College Press, 2015) Omoloso, Aisha Imam; Abdulrauf-Salau, AishatA number of scholars in the last two decades have emphasized the centrality of the indigenous African languages to any discussion on development particularly in Africa. The importance of language as a fundamental element of human communication is indeed beyond dispute. In the case of mass mediated messages, the media’s powers of shaping the people’s perception of reality on issues bordering on national security and sustainable development in general can obviously not be achieved without the use of language. While scholars generally agree on the fact that the media are useful vehicles in promoting development, one issue which remains unresolved however is that of “what roles are assigned to which language in the media”. This is especially as the logic of administrative convenience clashes with the logic of linguistic diversity. In a multilingual society such as Nigeria, indigenous languages are an important tool capable of empowering and mobilizing large sections of the populace, particularly those who are not literate in English, which serves as the official language of many Nigerian media organizations. With the present state of insecurity in the nation, no group of people, whether literate or non-literate, should be denied access to vital issues related to security and development. This paper seeks to bring to the fore the imperative of promoting indigenous languages in media content with a view to exploring the links between indigenous language, communication for development and mass mobilization on issues of national security.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 Social Media as Sources of News for Nigerian Broadcast Media(Kwararafa University, Wukari, Taraba State, Nigeria, 2020-06) Akpede, Kaior Samuel; Udende, Patrick; Omoloso, Aisha ImamThe advent of Internet and social media has spurred research interest in broadcast media in particular and the media ecology in general. However, most of these studies centre on use of social media with emphasis on how users including broadcast journalists deploy social media for certain purposes. An aspect understudied is how social media constitute sources of news for broadcast media especially in Nigeria thereby creating a geographical gap. On account of this, a study was undertaken with the objective of providing insights into how broadcast journalists rely on social media as sources of news which they reproduce and broadcast. Anchored on source credibility theory, the study argues that Internet and social media have widened the dimensions of mass media use as journalists no longer source news only from common sources like officials, organisations, institutions, events and natural phenomenon, but also from social media platforms. The study concludes that the imperative of social media in media ecology with their attendant shortcomings is indubitable. The study recommends among other things the need for broadcast journalists to upscale their training to be able to grapple with technological challenges confronting them while discharging their duties in the new technological media environment.Item Trends of Specialisation in Mass Communication Education: Implications for Journalism Practice in Nigeria(Faculty of Communication and Information Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria, 2013-06) La'aro, Oba Abdulkadir; Omoloso, Aisha Imam; Kadri, Kehinde KadijatThis research examined the trends of specialisation among students who are enrolled for mass communication studies in selected Nigerian tertiary institutions. The study was framed out of the observation that students of mass communication are increasingly disinterested in journalism aspects of mass communication. The main objective was to provide empirical evidence on the specialisation interests of these students during their mass communication training programmes as well as the impact of their choices on mass communication training and its impact on the profile of practitioners of journalism in Nigeria. Through the survey method, stratified and purposive sampling procedure was adopted to gather data from two hundred and six respondents from three universities, a federal polytechnic and a college offering mass communication as a discipline. Data collected were analysed using percentage and frequency. The result indicates that the majority of students prefer public relations, advertising or broadcasting rather than journalism as a field of specialisation. Based on this finding, it was concluded that only few graduates of mass communication are likely to take up journalism practice in future, thus diminishing the hope of injecting professionally trained persons into the practice of journalism in Nigeria.