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Book SynopsisIn Nigerian Media Industries in the Era of Globalization, editor, Unwana Samuel Akpan provides a timely collection of relevant and key, well-informed contributions on the Nigerian media industries in a changing media landscape. This collection assembles both media professionals and professors of media practice and theory to address how the Nigerian media industry has changed in a globalized world. The chapters apply scholarship, research, and industry experience to modern media narratives as well as a blend of Nigerian cultural concepts and idioms of communication. The contributors provide a history of the Nigerian media industry, examinations of media law, concerns of fake news in relation to elections, changes in journalism, broadcasting, and sports media, and conclusions on how the media has changed in digital spaces. This book is essential for media scholars and media professionals who are interested in the growth and survival of the Nigerian media in the era of globalization.
Table of ContentsForeword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Section I: Nigerian Media Structure, Nature, and Practice
Chapter 1: Evolving Media Content: Past, Present, and Future Strategic Opportunities
Unwana Samuel Akpan
Chapter 2: The Structure and Nature of the Nigerian Media Industry
Ngozi Okpara
Chapter 3: Media Law, Regulation, and Digital Space
Nasir Danladi Bako
Chapter 4: Nigerian Media Industry Business Imperatives in a Hyper-Connected Ecology
Abigail O. Ogwezzy-Ndisika, Kelechi Okechukwu Amakoh, Olubunmi A. Ajibade, Teslim O. Lawal, and Babatunde A. Faustino
Chapter 5: Fake News and General Elections in Nigeria: Fighting the Canary in the
Digital Coal Mine
Abigail O. Ogwezzy-Ndisika, Kelechi Okechukwu Amakoh, Olubunmi A. Ajibade, Teslim O. Lawal, and Babatunde A. Faustino
Section II: Journalism
Chapter 6: Nigerian Journalism: Metamorphosing from the Traditional Media Realm into the Digital Space, Challenges and Prospects
Ray Ekpu, Shamusi Olarenwaju Tiamiyu, Azuh Arinze
Section III: Production and Presentation
Chapter 7: Broadcast Media Content in the Era of Digitization and Globalization
Unwana Samuel Akpan
Chapter 8: From Analog To Digital: What would Change in Broadcast Management in the Era of Globalization
Kingsley Uranta, Chukwudi Okolie-Ugbaja, Engr. Ajibola Abiola
Chapter 9: The Place of Presentation Training for Broadcast Quality in the Era of Digitization and Globalization
Bimbo Oloyede
Chapter 10: Nigerian Voiceover Artistes in the Market Place of Digital Media: Challenges and Prospects
Femi Sowoolu
Chapter 11: Broadcast News Production and Presentation Skills in the Digital Era, Challenges and Prospects
Ijeoma Onyeator
Section IV: Nigerianism in the Digital Space
Chapter 12: How Nigerian Media Contents Affect the Social Identity Formation and Information Sourcing of Second Generation Nigerians in the United States of America
Unwana Samuel Akpan
Chapter 13: Relevance of Traditional Communication Systems in the Digital Space
Des Wilson
Section V: Communicating Health in the Nigerian Digital Space
Chapter 14: Communicating Health Information to the Rural Nigerian in the Digital Age
Olumuyiwa Odusanya
Section VI: Theory, Research, and Practice
Chapter 15: Educational Broadcasting in Nigerian Digital Space
Comfort Memfin Ekpo
Chapter 16: The Relevance of Theories in the Development of the Nigerian Media Industries in the Era of Digitization and Globalization
Joseph Wilson
Chapter 17: Media Templates and the Relevance of Research in the Digital Era
Grace Nwagbara
Section VII: Sports Communication, Corporate Communication, and Robotics
Chapter 18: Technology for Peace Building in North East Nigeria: Harnessing Precision of Collaborative Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
Umaru A. Pate and Joseph Wilson
Chapter 19: Nigerian Sports Media and Globalization: Mining Sports for Competitive Edge
Chuka Onwumechili
Chapter 20: Exploring Digital Options in Information Dissemination for External and Internal Publics in Organizations
Iniobong Courage Nda and Aniebo Samson
Index
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