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

Sun Apr 11 18:29:32 GMT 2021






*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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