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Celebrity Agenda-Setting: How Celebrities' Social Media Updates Impact Traditional Newspapers' Entertainment Content

This study builds on the existing literature regarding the agenda-setting theory as it examined the agenda- setting and self-salience role of celebrities through their social media updates as they influence the entertainment content of traditional Nigerian newspapers....

Authors: Kris Martins Obiaje; Bernice OluwalanuSanusi; I. BayoOloyede; & Felix Olajide Talabi.

Celebrity Journalism, Social media, Traditional media, Celebrity Agenda, Nigerian newspapers.

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Costumes and Mourning Rituals in Widowhood Practices as Grief Management Strategies Mitigating Mortality Salience in Ondo Kingdom Nigeria

This study explored the role of costumes and mourning rituals in widowhood practices in Nigeria, and how these practices serve as strategies for grief management mitigating mortality salience (MS). The terror management theory (TMT) was used to explain the application of both proximal and dista...

Authors: Susan Olubukola Badeji; Bede Chinonye Akpunne & Oluwasegun Ajetunmobi

Costumes, mourning rituals, grief management, mortality salience, widowhood practices, Ondo Nigeria

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Cultural Diversity in Cross-Cultural Mission

Nigeria is blessed with abundant natural, human and material resources; however, corruption, political and economic instability, environmental and other emerging factors continue to impede the Nation’s development thereby leading to forced and irregular migration within and beyond the...

Authors: Ayobami Amiola Oladapo

Culture; Inter-cultural Theology; Mission, Cultural diversity.

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Early Response to Incidence of Political Violence in Nigeria: A Review of Existing Strategies

In Nigeria, a culture of political violence persists, and often causes death, displacements and infrastructural damage. Various measures were introduced by the government and other stakeholders to address political violence in Nigeria; yet, there is a growing trend of violence connected with the...

Authors: Tajudeen Ademola Akanji & Nkiruka Stella Okonkwo

Political Violence; Early Response; Early Warning Systems; Conflict Prevention and Mitigation; Nigeria

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Framing the Author Surrogate for an Academic Docufiction Screenplay

This paper explores the relationship between fiction and reality in the docufiction genre, concentrating on the function of the author's surrogate characters. Docufiction is a hybrid genre that combines fiction and documentary elements, providing filmmakers with a distinctive medium to cinemati...

Authors: Patrick, Nicodemus Adai; Rantimi, Julius-Adeoye; Babarinde, Damilola & Badeji, Susan Olubukola.

Migration; Humanitarian; Development; Issue; Nigeria

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Influence of farm radio international radio programmes on farmers in Oyo State, Nigeria

The paper sought to investigate the influence of FRI radio programmes on farmers' knowledge, skills, and practices in Oyo state. The study was anchored on the Uses and Gratifications theory. The paper opted for a Mixed Methods research design, using Survey and Fo...

Authors: Oluwafunmil ayo Abimbola Shodipe; Bernice O. Sanusi; Felix O. Talabi & Omowale T. Adelabu

Agricultural information, farmers, radio, farmer education, broadcasting

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Ngos Adopted Communication Channels Towards Curbing the Occurrence of Gender-Based Violence in Ondo State

Gender-based violence (GBV) is an issue of social phenomenon that has affected many people globally. GBV poses a huge challenge to the socioeconomic development of Nigeria, Ondo State inclusive. This study investigated the channels of communication adopted by Non-Governmental Organizations (NG...

Authors: Adebowale Ikuesewo- Akinbami; Bernice, O. Sanusi & Felix Olajide Talabi.

NGO, Communication Channels, Gender- Based Violence, Behavioural Change

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Patterns of Vowel Epenthesis in Nigerian Spoken English

Vowel epenthesis is a regular speech reduction phenomenon across both formal and casual speech styles among English native speakers. However, in non-native speaker environments such as Nigeria, this phonological process is often categorized as a mispronunciation,...

Authors: Kofoworola A. Adedeji

vowel epenthesis, Nigerian L2 speakers, formal and casual speech

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Performing Religious Worship: Discussion around Isese and other religious practice among the Yoruba of West Africa

Nigeria is the most diversified and populous nation in Africa with more than two hundred million people, and over five hundred ethnic nationalities that practice one religion or the other. Though Nigeria pride itself as secular nation, but many of the unrest and violence in the country are cause...

Authors: Rantimi Jays Julius- Adeoye

Religion, Isese, Yoruba, Nigeria, performing

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Politics, Political Will and the Impasse of Disaster Management Policy Implementation in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic

Often labeled as the slickest concept in the policy lexicon and at the same time, an important ingredient required for policy success, political will remain the most cited reason for policy failure. In Nigeria, particularly since the return of civil rule in 1999, many notable policies and actio...

Authors: Taiwo Oladeji Adefisoye

Politics, political will, policy implementation, policy success, disaster management, Nigeria‟s Fourth Republic.

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Public perceptions of radio messages on Malaria Preventive Measures among Rural Dwellers in Osun State

Malaria is a public health issue, and as such, there is a need for constant sensitisation of the populace by the media on the transmission, symptoms, health implications and treatment. Regardless, how the messages on malaria prevention are perceived could affect the adoption or otherwise of the...

Authors: Oko-Epelle Lydia; Felix Olajide Talabi; Bernice Sanusi & Oloyede, I.B.

Public perception, Radio messages, Adoption, Malaria, Preventive measures, Rural Dwellers

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Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS): Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Psychometrics Properties Among Sample of Nigerian Middle-Aged Workers

The measurement of the cognitive aspect of wellbeing is significant in today’s world due to its link with mental health. The current study examined the factorial structure, psychometric properties and concurrent validity of the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) within th...

Authors: Ogunsemi, J. O. & Mopa- Egbunu, A

Life satisfaction, psychometrics, factor analysis, Nigeria.

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