[Commlist] JCMR Releases Vol. 13, No. 1, April 2021 edition – 26th Issue

*JCMR Releases Vol. 13, No. 1, April 2021 edition – 26^th Issue*

We are pleased to announce the release of Volume 13, Number 1, April 
2021 edition of the /Journal of Communication and Media Research/ (JCMR) 
which is the journal’s 26^th issue since it started publication in 2009. 
Every issue has been released regularly and on schedule in April and 
October of every year.

The Volume 13, Number 1, April 2021 issue focuses on *World Media 
Systems, **Fans & Celebrities, *and*Development Communication**.* The 
issue contains 14 articles written by 30 authors (16 from Nigeria, four 
from Kenya, three from the United States of America, two from Ghana, and 
one each from Egypt, Italy, Mexico, South Africa and Spain.  Soft copies 
in PDF are being sent to contributors through email while complimentary 
print copies will be sent by surface mail. The online versions of the 
abstracts and full articles are also being uploaded onto the journal’s 
website: www.jcmrjournal.org <http://www.jcmrjournal.org>. Interested 
readers can order for either the print version or the PDF copies or 
both. Members of the Association of Media and Communication Researchers 
of Nigeria (AMCRON) who have paid their 2021 annual dues are entitled to 
one print copy free of charge.

We also wish to remind you that it is just three weeks to the end of 
submission of manuscripts for the *Volume 13 Number 2, October 2021* 
issue of the journal. The extended window of the Call for Papers for 
this issue will close on April 30, 2021. We urge you to send in your 
manuscripts in Microsoft Word attachment to: (jcmrjournal209 /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(jcmrjournal209 /at/ gmail.com)> before the *deadline of Friday, April 
30, 2021.*

Below are the contents page and list of contributors of the Volume 13, 
Number 1, April 2021 issue:

*JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA RESEARCH*

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*ISSN 2141 - 5277*

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*Volume 13 Number 1                                                
                        APRIL  2021*

*Contents*

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*WORLD MEDIA SYSTEMS*

/Doris Acheme & Kyle Alan Hammonds/

Race vs. Ethnicity: A cross-cultural comparison of storytelling in /This 
is America/ and /This is Nigeria./

/Doris Ekeminiobong Wesley/

A critical-rhetorical analysis of Michelle Obama's messages on the 
abduction of the Nigerian Chibok girls.

/Dasniel Olivera Pérez, Ph.D., //Martín Oller Alonso, Ph.D. & Jennifer 
Veliz Gutiérrez /

The political-professional debates on the (de)regulation and political 
dependencies in the Cuba media system.

/William Kodom Gyasi, Ph.D. & Manasseh Jonah Bangmarigu/

Readability of the press releases of the Government of Ghana.

/Mustapha Olalekan Rufai, Ph.D. & //Abiodun Salawu, Ph.D. /

A content analysis of the reportage of crimes committed under democratic 
rule in Nigeria.

*FANS & CELEBRITIES*

/Hanan Ezzat, Ph.D. /

Behavior of fans towards social media influencers in Egypt.

/Abiodun Adeniyi, Ph.D. & Ismaila Isah /

Celebrity endorsement and patronage of fast moving consumer goods in 
Nigeria.

/Buhari Olaoluwa Rasheed, Ph.D., Odukunle Adebayo Atewolara-Odule & 
Isaac Olajide Fadeyi, Ph.D./

Influence of message frequency and acceptability on attitude towards GSM 
operators’ unsolicited promotional SMS among undergraduates in Lagos, 
Nigeria.

/Koblowe Obono, Ph.D./

Integrating for development:Pictorial body narratives of opinion leaders 
in the 2015 Nigerian presidential elections.**

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*DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATION*

/Kahura Ndung’u, Juliet Macharia, Ph.D., Martin Kuria, Ph.D., & Beatrice 
Ombaka, Ph.D. /

An examination of Kenyan Government’s use of interpersonal communication 
in changing men’s behaviour response to prostate cancer screening.

/Beatrice Adeyinka Laninhun, Ph.D. & Solomon Abiodun Oyeleye, Ph.D./

Assessing the suitability of print IEC materials used in malaria 
prevention among rural dwellers in South-West Nigeria.

/Victor Oluwanifemi Ogunsesan & Oluwatomi Caleb Adeniji /

Relationship between social media use and depressive thoughts among 
students of a Nigerian university.

/Karibi Benson Bobmanuel, Samuel Okere, Ph.D. & Justina Sam-Okere /

Awareness and knowledge of ‘/Men’s Room’/ health issues among listeners 
of a radio station in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

/Charles Chinedu Onwunali, Ph.D, & //Olanrewaju Kayode Lagada-Abayomi /

Evaluation of effectiveness of public health communication campaign on 
2018 immunization programme in Agege Local Government, Lagos State, Nigeria.

*_JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA RESEARCH_*

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*CONTRIBUTORS                           Vol. 13 No. 
1                          APRIL  2021*

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*_AMERICA, UNITES STATES OF_*

*Acheme,* Doris is a doctoral student and graduate teaching assistant at 
the Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma, Norman, 
Oklahoma, U.S.A. Her area of research interest is in intercultural and 
intergroup communication.

*Hammonds,* Kyle Alan is a doctoral student and graduate teaching 
assistant at the Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma, 
Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A. His research is broadly in cultural studies, 
with emphases in popular culture and cross-cultural communication.

*Wesley,* Doris Ekeminiobong is a Lecturer at the Department of 
Communication Studies, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, U.S.A. 
Her research revolves around understanding the role of communication in 
terrorism and how communication can address, manage, combat terrorism 
issues, and examine the problems of terrorism among established 
terrorist organizations within the African continent. Her research 
interests are political communication, counterterrorism, conflict 
resolution, communication pedagogy, and trauma survivor testimonies.

*_EGYPT_*

*Ezzat,*Hanan *Ph.D.,*is a university lecturer and seasoned 
communications, digital and gender consultant. She holds a Ph.D. from 
the Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona, Spain and a master’s degree 
from Cairo University. Her research interests include qualitative 
research, youth, identity, influencers, gender and social media.

*_GHANA_*

*Bangmarigu,* Manasseh Jonah is a graduate student at the Department of 
Communication and Media Studies, University of Education, Winneba, 
Ghana. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Communication Studies) degree from 
the University of Cape Coast, and he is currently studying Master of 
Arts in Communication and Media Studies (Business Communication) at the 
Department of Communication and Media Studies, University of Education, 
Winneba. His research interest includes multimodal communication, health 
communication and discourse analysis.

*Gyasi,* William Kodom *Ph.D.,* is a senior lecturer at the Department 
of Communication Studies, University of Cape Coast, Ghana where he has 
been teaching since 2007. He holds a Bachelor of Education (Arts) from 
the University of Cape Coast in 2001 and an MPhil and PhD in English 
Language from the same university. His research areas are readability, 
academic communication and corporate communication.

*_ITALY_*

*Alonso,*Martín Oller *Ph.D.,* is of the Università degliStudi di 
Milano, Italy. He holds a Ph.D. in Journalism (Rey Juan Carlos 
University of Madrid, 2012). He is involved in several international 
research projects such as /World of Journalism Study/ (WJS), 
/Journalistic Cultures/ and /Pre-professional Journalistic Culture/ 
based on the comparative analysis of journalism, journalists and 
journalism career students in more than a hundred countries around the 
world. He has resided in Switzerland, England, France, Spain, and 
Ecuador; conducting research stays in Italy, Cuba and the United States.

*_KENYA_*

*Kuria,* Martin *Ph.D.,*is a lecturer in Communication Studies at the 
School of Business, Department of Human Resource Development, Karatina 
University, Karatina, Kenya.

*Macharia,*Juliet *Ph.D.,* is a Professor of Communication Studies at 
the School of Business, Department of Human Resource Development, 
Karatina University, Karatina, Kenya.

*Ndung’u,* Kahura is an Assistant Lecturer and PhD student the School of 
Business, Department of Human Resource Development, Karatina University, 
Karatina, Kenya.

*Ombaka,*Beatrice *Ph.D.,* is a lecturer in Strategic Management at the 
School of Business, Department of Human Resource Development, Karatina 
University, Karatina, Kenya.

*_MEXICO_*

*Pérez,* Dasniel Olivera *Ph.D.,* is of the Universidad de Tijuana, 
México. He holds a PhD. in Social and Political Sciences (2019) from the 
Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico. He was Vice Dean of the Faculty of 
Communication of the Universidad de La Habana (2010-2014), Editor of 
Cuban Journal of Information and Communication (2014-2020), Associate 
Professor (2012-2019) and Assistant Professor (2006-2011) in the 
Department of Social Communication, Faculty of Communication, 
Universidad de La Habana. He develops the research lines: media systems 
and comparative journalistic cultures, communication policies, citizen 
participation and digital empowerment, education and communication.

*_SOUTH AFRICA_*

*Salawu,*Abiodun *Ph.D.,*is a Professo r at the Indigenous Language 
Media in Africa Research Entity, North-West University, Mafikeng, South 
Africa.

*_SPAIN_*

*Gutiérrez,* Jennifer Veliz is a PhD Candidate in Strategic 
Communication, Publicity & Public Relations, Universidad Autónoma de 
Barcelona, Spain. She was Assistant professor and researcher in the area 
of Conceptual problems of Journalism at Communication School, 
Universidad de La Habana (2014-2019) and Editor of Cuban Journal of 
Information and Communication (2014-2019). She develops the research 
lines: Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Education, University Innovation 
Labs, Journalism Studies.

*_NIGERIA_*

*Adeniji*Oluwatomi Caleb is of the Mass Communication Programme, Bowen 
University, Iwo, Osun State. Nigeria.

*Adeniyi,*Abiodun *Ph.D.,* is an Associate Professor and Head, 
Department of Mass Communication, Baze University, Abuja. He had his 
first degree from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, after which he 
worked for /The Guardian/ Newspapers, Nigeria, covering various beats in 
Lagos and Abuja, for more than a decade. He won the British Chevening 
Scholarship in 2003 to study International Communications at the 
University of Leeds, England and began his Ph.D. research immediately 
after his Master’s Degree programme at the same University. He was 
awarded his doctorate degree in Communication Studies in 2008.

*Atewolara-Odule,* Odukunle Adebayo is a lecturer of Communication and 
Development Communication at Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, 
Ogun State, Nigeria. His research interests are in the area of Book 
Publishing, Public Relations, Advertising and Development Communication.

*Bobmanuel*Karibi Benson is a lecturer in the Department of Mass 
Communication at Ken Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic, Bori, Rivers State. His 
research interests include Development Communication, Broadcasting and 
Gender relations.

*Fadeyi,* Isaac Olajide *Ph.D.,* is a lecturer of Public Relations and 
Advertising at Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State, Nigeria. His 
research focuses on Advertising and Public Relations as well as Mass 
Communication Theory. He holds a PhD in Mass Communication with 
specialisation in Public Relation and Advertising.

*Isah,* Ismail is a communications teacher and researcher in the 
Department of Mass Communications at Baze University, Abuja. He is an 
alumnus of the School of Media and Communications of the Pan-Atlantic 
University, Lagos and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass 
communication from Bayero University Kano, a Masters’ Degree in Mass 
communications from the University of Lagos and currently a PhD. 
Candidate in Media Arts at the University of Abuja, Nigeria.

*Lagada-Abayomi* Olanrewaju Kayode is of the Department of Mass 
Communication, University of Lagos, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria.

*Laninhun,*Beatrice Adeyinka *Ph.D.,* is a Reader, Department of 
Communication and Language Arts, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.

*Obono,*Koblowe *Ph.D.,* is an Associate Professor at the Department of 
Communication and Language Arts, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

*Ogunsesan*Victor Oluwanifemi is of the Mass Communication Programme, 
Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State. Nigeria.

*Okere,*Samuel *Ph.D.,* is the Director of Babcock University Press and 
an Associate Professor in the Department of Mass Communication, Babcock 
University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria. His areas of research 
interest include Publishing, Journalism, Media studies, Faith in 
Communication and Gender relations.

*Onwunali,*Charles Chinedu *Ph.D.,* is a Senior Lecturer at the 
Department of Mass Communication, University of Lagos, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria.

*Oyeleye,*Solomon Abiodun *Ph.D.,* is a Lecturer, Department of Mass 
Communication, Caleb University, Imota, Lagos, Nigeria.

*Rasheeed,* Buhari Olaoluwa *Ph.D.,* is lecturer in the Department of 
Mass Communication, College of Management and Social Sciences of 
McPherson University, Seriki-Sotayo, Ajebo, Ogun State, Nigeria. He has 
a PhD in Mass Communication with specialisation in Public Relations 
Advertising.

*Rufai,* Mustapha Olalekan *Ph.D.,* orcid.org/0000-0001-8426-289X 
<http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8426-289X>, is of the Department of Mass 
Communication, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago- Iwoye, Nigeria.

*Sam-Okere,*Justina *Ph.D.,* is a lecturer in the Department of 
Political Science & Public Administration, Babcock University, 
Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State. Her teaching and research interests include 
Public Administration, Public Policy, Corporate Communication, 
Faith-based NGOs & National development and Gender relations.

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journal emanating from Africa, portraying knowledge, intellect and 
learning to all humankind irrespective of gender, affiliation and 
nationality.

*OUR MISSION*

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over the world to Africa; through every responsible media of 
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