Mass Communication, Culture and Society in West Africa
Oxford; München et al.: Hans Zell Publishers;Saur (1985), 329 pp.
Contains tables
Signature commbox: 100:10-General 1985
I. THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION
1 Developing new perspectives on West African media history / Frank Okwu Ugboajah
2 The historical development ofthe Nigerian press / Idowu A. Sobowale
3 The media System of Liberia / Jerome Zack Boikaii III
4 Press ownership and control in Nigeria / David Omazo Edeani
5 Economic factors in the development of mass communication in Nigeria / P. O. Elegalem
6 International cooperation in the development of West African mass media / Harlod A. Fisher
II. CULTURAL PROGRAMMES AND LANGUAGE USE IN THE MEDIA
7 Inspirational cultural symbols in nation-building / Frank Okwu Ugboajah
8 Broadcast music in Nigeria and Liberia: a comparative note / Michael R. Real
9 Television drama in Nigeria: a critical assessment / Theo Vincent
10 Masquerade and other plays on Nigerian television / O.O. Oreh
11 Pidgin in Ghana: a theoretical consideration of its origin and development / A.B.K. Dadzie
12 A sociolinguistic typology of language contact in Nigeria: the role of translation / C.M.B. Brann
13 Translating in the Nigerian mass media: a sociolinguistic study / Ekundayo Simpson
14 Educational television in Ivory Coast / Frans B. Lenglet
15 'Oramedia' in Africa / Frank Okwu Ugboajah
III. PROFESSIONALISM, COMMUNICATION DIFFUSION AND MEDIA GRATIFICATION
16 De-linking the Western professional model / Frank Okwu Ugboajah
17 Broadcast professionalism in Senegal / Rita Cruise O'Brien
18 Editorial professionalization in the Nigerian mass media / Frank Okwu Ugboajah
19 Social dass and newspaper coverage in Ghana / Yaw Twumasi
20 Nigerian mass media in social crises / Frank Okwu Ugboajah
21 Media habits of Ghanaian youth / Isaac Obeng-Quaidoq
22 Diffusion of major crisis information among urban and rural opinion leaders in Nigeria / Luke Uka Uche
23 The West African Wire Service of Reuters / Phil Harris
IV. THE TREND OF MASS COMMUNICATION RESEARCH
24 Research models and the problems of communication research in West Africa / Frank Okwu Ugboajah
25 Mass media in West Africa: a bibliographic essay / Barbara S. Monfils
26 Drawing the curtain: policy issues and communication / research in West Africa / Frank Okwu Ugboajah
1 Developing new perspectives on West African media history / Frank Okwu Ugboajah
2 The historical development ofthe Nigerian press / Idowu A. Sobowale
3 The media System of Liberia / Jerome Zack Boikaii III
4 Press ownership and control in Nigeria / David Omazo Edeani
5 Economic factors in the development of mass communication in Nigeria / P. O. Elegalem
6 International cooperation in the development of West African mass media / Harlod A. Fisher
II. CULTURAL PROGRAMMES AND LANGUAGE USE IN THE MEDIA
7 Inspirational cultural symbols in nation-building / Frank Okwu Ugboajah
8 Broadcast music in Nigeria and Liberia: a comparative note / Michael R. Real
9 Television drama in Nigeria: a critical assessment / Theo Vincent
10 Masquerade and other plays on Nigerian television / O.O. Oreh
11 Pidgin in Ghana: a theoretical consideration of its origin and development / A.B.K. Dadzie
12 A sociolinguistic typology of language contact in Nigeria: the role of translation / C.M.B. Brann
13 Translating in the Nigerian mass media: a sociolinguistic study / Ekundayo Simpson
14 Educational television in Ivory Coast / Frans B. Lenglet
15 'Oramedia' in Africa / Frank Okwu Ugboajah
III. PROFESSIONALISM, COMMUNICATION DIFFUSION AND MEDIA GRATIFICATION
16 De-linking the Western professional model / Frank Okwu Ugboajah
17 Broadcast professionalism in Senegal / Rita Cruise O'Brien
18 Editorial professionalization in the Nigerian mass media / Frank Okwu Ugboajah
19 Social dass and newspaper coverage in Ghana / Yaw Twumasi
20 Nigerian mass media in social crises / Frank Okwu Ugboajah
21 Media habits of Ghanaian youth / Isaac Obeng-Quaidoq
22 Diffusion of major crisis information among urban and rural opinion leaders in Nigeria / Luke Uka Uche
23 The West African Wire Service of Reuters / Phil Harris
IV. THE TREND OF MASS COMMUNICATION RESEARCH
24 Research models and the problems of communication research in West Africa / Frank Okwu Ugboajah
25 Mass media in West Africa: a bibliographic essay / Barbara S. Monfils
26 Drawing the curtain: policy issues and communication / research in West Africa / Frank Okwu Ugboajah
