Associate Professor of Mass Communication. My area of research interests include journalism, social and digital media, press and politics, political economy of media, new media technologies. Supervisors: Professor Madya Azman Azwan Azmawati and Professor R.A. Olaoye Phone: +2348033788999, +2348056642446 Address: Nigeria
Distressed newspaper businesses worldwide have been exploring alternative platforms of publishing... more Distressed newspaper businesses worldwide have been exploring alternative platforms of publishing through the e-paper. Nigerian newspapers have been experimenting, in addition to online publishing format, the e-newspaper as news distribution platform and an advertising source. The country ranks among top 10 countries with more than 100 million mobile phone users in the world, making it a potential market for the e-paper. This study investigated the attraction of Nigerian newspapers to e-paper, the pattern in Nigeria’s e-paper alternative and whether e-paper constitutes a viable revenue earning source for Nigerian newspapers. It combined quantitative content analysis of 10 online editions of the newspapers and in-depth interviews with 13 editors of print and online editions and managers to generate its data. Findings revealed that the e-paper format in Nigeria was in PDF files, with similar features as the printed newspaper. Also, of the 10 newspapers sampled, two required app download to access the e-paper, one offered its content for free, while eight had different rates for the e-paper. Finally, the study found that the income from the e-paper was meagre and that a lot of factors were hindering the blossoming of the market for the e-copy in Nigeria. The study concluded that while some legacy newspapers in the developed media market had embarked on platform shift, the situation in Nigeria remains precarious. It however, recommends that Nigerian newspapers should begin to build a strong brand for their e-paper and developing it into a viable revenue source rather than just an extra income source which it presently represents.
The interplay of powerful forces of advertising, news sources, government and political elites ha... more The interplay of powerful forces of advertising, news sources, government and political elites has been implicated in promotion of ideology in the news. This study investigates the ideological considerations in newspaper reports in Nigeria and explores what may be responsible for the ideological stance taken by newspapers in reporting issues in society. Using the political economy and hegemony construct as its springboard, the study adopted the mixed methods of quantitative content analysis of the news content in the Daily Trust and The Punch newspapers, and in- depth interviews with 20 editors and senior journalists in the two newspapers to generate its data. Findings from the quantitative content analysis revealed that nearly half of the news reported by the two newspapers was on safe news or news considered as uncritical of the status quo. The findings in the quantitative strand of the study is corroborated by that of the in-depth interviews with more than half of the respondents believing that aside from news concentrating on the government, priority attention was given to safe news to the detriment of critical issues like poverty, food crisis and unemployment, among others. The study concludes that the challenge that newspapers are going through in Nigeria presently constitutes part of the reasons why most of them to rely on ideological forces for their news and their survival.
Free versus Fee: The freemium factor in Nigeria’s newspapers’ contents on the web, 2016
In view of the perpetual search for a new and sustainable online business models for the newspape... more In view of the perpetual search for a new and sustainable online business models for the newspapers after several failed experiments, many newspapers adopted the freemium principle which suggests that free promotes attraction for the fee. This study examined the digital contents of Nigerian newspapers online with a view to determining to what extent the newspapers have implemented the freemium principle and what impact this has had on the digital contents of Nigerian newspaper websites. Using the content analysis method, the study discovered that 56% of the digital contents of the newspapers’ websites were offered free in tune with freemium, while 44% of the digital contents were charged for.
This study aims to analyze cybercrime actions on dark web sites in unfriended films: dark web. Ho... more This study aims to analyze cybercrime actions on dark web sites in unfriended films: dark web. How to reveal the 'form' of cybercrime contained in a dark web site linked in a film. By using John Fiske's semiotic analysis, this study tries to enlighten people's thinking through signs of reality, representations, and themed ideologies to be more careful in using the virtual world as a daily activity. The paradigm used in this study is the constructivism paradigm in forming a framework for understanding cybercrime acts in the object of this study. The methodology used is a qualitative approach. The results of this study are films that are now being used for industrialization and commercialization. The results of this study also show the fact that reality, namely, behavior, expressions, sounds and so on. Then there is a representation of a representation consisting of technical codes in a film show, such as camera, lighting, editing, music and sound as part of the descri...
Istilah "modern" dan "postmodern" telah menjadi mata uang umum dalam debat in... more Istilah "modern" dan "postmodern" telah menjadi mata uang umum dalam debat intelektual dalam organisasi. Postmodern dengan definisi definisi diartikan sebagai "zaman", "perspektif" atau "paradigma" pemikiran baru. Namun, sebagian besar temuan penelitian berpendapat bahwa apa yang membedakan postmodern dari modern adalah "gaya berpikir" yang menggunakan istilah organisasi kritis seperti "organisasi", "individu", "lingkungan", "lingkungan", "struktur", "budaya" dan dll . di. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meneliti era postmodern yang juga membuat banyak pandangan berbeda dari berbagai aspek.Hasil penelitian ini adalah bahwa organisasi SGS Smartfren adalah organisasi postmodern berdasarkan hasil analisis realitas organisasi dengan teori postmodern yang dikembangkan oleh para ahli. Organisasi ini juga tidak hanya menggambarkan beberapa elemen organisasi postmodern, ada...
The present plurality of ideas in the cornucopia of communicative space throughout Nigeria does n... more The present plurality of ideas in the cornucopia of communicative space throughout Nigeria does not make Nigeria a free and open society. As such, the country’s journalism practice is characterized by intimidation by the state actors. However, anchored on development media theory, this study therefore, investigated the extent of press freedom from the relationship between Nigerian press and President Muhammadu Buhari’s first democratic dispensation. Using quantitative content analysis, individual news story of 2016 fuel scarcity and Naira Devaluation and Dollar appreciation reported in the Nigerian newspapers was used as unit of analysis while systematic sampling was used in selecting the sample. Findings revealed however, away from the partisan relations between Nigerian press and the government, the relationship between the press and the present democratic government is critical with a very little attention to journalists’ repression. Further findings revealed that the press is no...
Corruption is an important problem affecting every strata of the Nigerian society. Its impact on ... more Corruption is an important problem affecting every strata of the Nigerian society. Its impact on Nigerian media is no exemption. Corruption in relation to media is popularly tied to brown envelope which ultimately affects journalist sense of news judgment. Hence, this paper took a theoretical approach to examining the relationship between the issue of brown envelope syndrome and unethical practice within the Nigerian media system and its implications on ethical and socially responsible journalism. Surprisingly, result of the literature reviewed revealed that poor journalistic training and lack of professionalism is responsible for unethical practice in Nigerian media. It further revealed loss of credibility, loss of watchdog roles and decline in news quality, values and public trust of journalists as its implications on ethical and socially responsible journalism. The paper recommend among others, that sound education in form of regular seminars, workshops and professional trainings...
The present plurality of ideas in the cornucopia of communicative space throughout Nigeria does n... more The present plurality of ideas in the cornucopia of communicative space throughout Nigeria does not make Nigeria a free and open society. As such, the country's journalism practice is characterized by intimidation by the state actors. However, anchored on development media theory, this study therefore, investigated the extent of press freedom from the relationship between Nigerian press and President Muhammadu Buhari's first democratic dispensation. Using quantitative content analysis, individual news story of 2016 fuel scarcity and Naira Devaluation and Dollar appreciation reported in the Nigerian newspapers was used as unit of analysis while systematic sampling was used in selecting the sample. Findings revealed however, away from the partisan relations between Nigerian press and the government, the relationship between the press and the present democratic government is critical with a very little attention to journalists' repression. Further findings revealed that the...
In view of the perpetual search for a new and sustainable online business models for the newspape... more In view of the perpetual search for a new and sustainable online business models for the newspapers after several failed experiments, many newspapers adopted the freemium principle which suggests that free promotes attraction for the fee. This study examined the digital contents of Nigerian newspapers online with a view to determining to what extent the newspapers have implemented the freemium principle and what impact this has had on the digital contents of Nigerian newspaper websites. Using the content analysis method, the study discovered that 56% of the digital contents of the newspapers' websites were offered free in tune with freemium, while 44% of the digital contents were charged for.
Distressed newspaper businesses worldwide have been exploring alternative platforms of publishing... more Distressed newspaper businesses worldwide have been exploring alternative platforms of publishing through the e-paper. Nigerian newspapers have been experimenting, in addition to online publishing format, the e-newspaper as news distribution platform and an advertising source. The country ranks among top 10 countries with more than 100 million mobile phone users in the world, making it a potential market for the e-paper. This study investigated the attraction of Nigerian newspapers to e-paper, the pattern in Nigeria’s e-paper alternative and whether e-paper constitutes a viable revenue earning source for Nigerian newspapers. It combined quantitative content analysis of 10 online editions of the newspapers and in-depth interviews with 13 editors of print and online editions and managers to generate its data. Findings revealed that the e-paper format in Nigeria was in PDF files, with similar features as the printed newspaper. Also, of the 10 newspapers sampled, two required app download to access the e-paper, one offered its content for free, while eight had different rates for the e-paper. Finally, the study found that the income from the e-paper was meagre and that a lot of factors were hindering the blossoming of the market for the e-copy in Nigeria. The study concluded that while some legacy newspapers in the developed media market had embarked on platform shift, the situation in Nigeria remains precarious. It however, recommends that Nigerian newspapers should begin to build a strong brand for their e-paper and developing it into a viable revenue source rather than just an extra income source which it presently represents.
The interplay of powerful forces of advertising, news sources, government and political elites ha... more The interplay of powerful forces of advertising, news sources, government and political elites has been implicated in promotion of ideology in the news. This study investigates the ideological considerations in newspaper reports in Nigeria and explores what may be responsible for the ideological stance taken by newspapers in reporting issues in society. Using the political economy and hegemony construct as its springboard, the study adopted the mixed methods of quantitative content analysis of the news content in the Daily Trust and The Punch newspapers, and in- depth interviews with 20 editors and senior journalists in the two newspapers to generate its data. Findings from the quantitative content analysis revealed that nearly half of the news reported by the two newspapers was on safe news or news considered as uncritical of the status quo. The findings in the quantitative strand of the study is corroborated by that of the in-depth interviews with more than half of the respondents believing that aside from news concentrating on the government, priority attention was given to safe news to the detriment of critical issues like poverty, food crisis and unemployment, among others. The study concludes that the challenge that newspapers are going through in Nigeria presently constitutes part of the reasons why most of them to rely on ideological forces for their news and their survival.
Free versus Fee: The freemium factor in Nigeria’s newspapers’ contents on the web, 2016
In view of the perpetual search for a new and sustainable online business models for the newspape... more In view of the perpetual search for a new and sustainable online business models for the newspapers after several failed experiments, many newspapers adopted the freemium principle which suggests that free promotes attraction for the fee. This study examined the digital contents of Nigerian newspapers online with a view to determining to what extent the newspapers have implemented the freemium principle and what impact this has had on the digital contents of Nigerian newspaper websites. Using the content analysis method, the study discovered that 56% of the digital contents of the newspapers’ websites were offered free in tune with freemium, while 44% of the digital contents were charged for.
This study aims to analyze cybercrime actions on dark web sites in unfriended films: dark web. Ho... more This study aims to analyze cybercrime actions on dark web sites in unfriended films: dark web. How to reveal the 'form' of cybercrime contained in a dark web site linked in a film. By using John Fiske's semiotic analysis, this study tries to enlighten people's thinking through signs of reality, representations, and themed ideologies to be more careful in using the virtual world as a daily activity. The paradigm used in this study is the constructivism paradigm in forming a framework for understanding cybercrime acts in the object of this study. The methodology used is a qualitative approach. The results of this study are films that are now being used for industrialization and commercialization. The results of this study also show the fact that reality, namely, behavior, expressions, sounds and so on. Then there is a representation of a representation consisting of technical codes in a film show, such as camera, lighting, editing, music and sound as part of the descri...
Istilah "modern" dan "postmodern" telah menjadi mata uang umum dalam debat in... more Istilah "modern" dan "postmodern" telah menjadi mata uang umum dalam debat intelektual dalam organisasi. Postmodern dengan definisi definisi diartikan sebagai "zaman", "perspektif" atau "paradigma" pemikiran baru. Namun, sebagian besar temuan penelitian berpendapat bahwa apa yang membedakan postmodern dari modern adalah "gaya berpikir" yang menggunakan istilah organisasi kritis seperti "organisasi", "individu", "lingkungan", "lingkungan", "struktur", "budaya" dan dll . di. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meneliti era postmodern yang juga membuat banyak pandangan berbeda dari berbagai aspek.Hasil penelitian ini adalah bahwa organisasi SGS Smartfren adalah organisasi postmodern berdasarkan hasil analisis realitas organisasi dengan teori postmodern yang dikembangkan oleh para ahli. Organisasi ini juga tidak hanya menggambarkan beberapa elemen organisasi postmodern, ada...
The present plurality of ideas in the cornucopia of communicative space throughout Nigeria does n... more The present plurality of ideas in the cornucopia of communicative space throughout Nigeria does not make Nigeria a free and open society. As such, the country’s journalism practice is characterized by intimidation by the state actors. However, anchored on development media theory, this study therefore, investigated the extent of press freedom from the relationship between Nigerian press and President Muhammadu Buhari’s first democratic dispensation. Using quantitative content analysis, individual news story of 2016 fuel scarcity and Naira Devaluation and Dollar appreciation reported in the Nigerian newspapers was used as unit of analysis while systematic sampling was used in selecting the sample. Findings revealed however, away from the partisan relations between Nigerian press and the government, the relationship between the press and the present democratic government is critical with a very little attention to journalists’ repression. Further findings revealed that the press is no...
Corruption is an important problem affecting every strata of the Nigerian society. Its impact on ... more Corruption is an important problem affecting every strata of the Nigerian society. Its impact on Nigerian media is no exemption. Corruption in relation to media is popularly tied to brown envelope which ultimately affects journalist sense of news judgment. Hence, this paper took a theoretical approach to examining the relationship between the issue of brown envelope syndrome and unethical practice within the Nigerian media system and its implications on ethical and socially responsible journalism. Surprisingly, result of the literature reviewed revealed that poor journalistic training and lack of professionalism is responsible for unethical practice in Nigerian media. It further revealed loss of credibility, loss of watchdog roles and decline in news quality, values and public trust of journalists as its implications on ethical and socially responsible journalism. The paper recommend among others, that sound education in form of regular seminars, workshops and professional trainings...
The present plurality of ideas in the cornucopia of communicative space throughout Nigeria does n... more The present plurality of ideas in the cornucopia of communicative space throughout Nigeria does not make Nigeria a free and open society. As such, the country's journalism practice is characterized by intimidation by the state actors. However, anchored on development media theory, this study therefore, investigated the extent of press freedom from the relationship between Nigerian press and President Muhammadu Buhari's first democratic dispensation. Using quantitative content analysis, individual news story of 2016 fuel scarcity and Naira Devaluation and Dollar appreciation reported in the Nigerian newspapers was used as unit of analysis while systematic sampling was used in selecting the sample. Findings revealed however, away from the partisan relations between Nigerian press and the government, the relationship between the press and the present democratic government is critical with a very little attention to journalists' repression. Further findings revealed that the...
In view of the perpetual search for a new and sustainable online business models for the newspape... more In view of the perpetual search for a new and sustainable online business models for the newspapers after several failed experiments, many newspapers adopted the freemium principle which suggests that free promotes attraction for the fee. This study examined the digital contents of Nigerian newspapers online with a view to determining to what extent the newspapers have implemented the freemium principle and what impact this has had on the digital contents of Nigerian newspaper websites. Using the content analysis method, the study discovered that 56% of the digital contents of the newspapers' websites were offered free in tune with freemium, while 44% of the digital contents were charged for.
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The paper examined the implications of non-reading of the newspaper among 126 purposely sampled p... more The paper examined the implications of non-reading of the newspaper among 126 purposely sampled population in a Nigerian university, to investigate the dysfunctional role of the newspaper in the society. The study adopted survey method to generate its data through administration of questionnaire on students of three universities in Nigeria and used the statistical tool used for the analysis of the data was (Frequency Count (%), Mean and Standard Deviation, and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Analysis (PPMC). The study revealed that, based on Functionalist Theory, non-reading of the newspaper had a negative implication on political, economic and social lives of individuals and institutions in the society while the concentration of newspaper reading among the affluent and educated members of the society widens the knowledge gap among people of different socio-economic class in the society as advanced by Knowledge Gap Theory.
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promotion of ideology in the news. This study investigates the ideological considerations in newspaper reports in
Nigeria and explores what may be responsible for the ideological stance taken by newspapers in reporting issues in
society. Using the political economy and hegemony construct as its springboard, the study adopted the mixed
methods of quantitative content analysis of the news content in the Daily Trust and The Punch newspapers, and in- depth interviews with 20 editors and senior journalists in the two newspapers to generate its data. Findings from the
quantitative content analysis revealed that nearly half of the news reported by the two newspapers was on safe news
or news considered as uncritical of the status quo. The findings in the quantitative strand of the study is corroborated
by that of the in-depth interviews with more than half of the respondents believing that aside from news concentrating
on the government, priority attention was given to safe news to the detriment of critical issues like poverty, food crisis
and unemployment, among others. The study concludes that the challenge that newspapers are going through in
Nigeria presently constitutes part of the reasons why most of them to rely on ideological forces for their news and
their survival.
promotion of ideology in the news. This study investigates the ideological considerations in newspaper reports in
Nigeria and explores what may be responsible for the ideological stance taken by newspapers in reporting issues in
society. Using the political economy and hegemony construct as its springboard, the study adopted the mixed
methods of quantitative content analysis of the news content in the Daily Trust and The Punch newspapers, and in- depth interviews with 20 editors and senior journalists in the two newspapers to generate its data. Findings from the
quantitative content analysis revealed that nearly half of the news reported by the two newspapers was on safe news
or news considered as uncritical of the status quo. The findings in the quantitative strand of the study is corroborated
by that of the in-depth interviews with more than half of the respondents believing that aside from news concentrating
on the government, priority attention was given to safe news to the detriment of critical issues like poverty, food crisis
and unemployment, among others. The study concludes that the challenge that newspapers are going through in
Nigeria presently constitutes part of the reasons why most of them to rely on ideological forces for their news and
their survival.