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[Commlist] JCMR Releases Vol. 15, No. 1, April 2023 edition – 31st Issue

Tue Apr 04 21:08:45 GMT 2023






*JCMR Releases Vol. 15, No. 1, April 2023 edition – 31^st Issue*

We are pleased to announce the release of Volume 15, Number 1, April 2023 issue of the /Journal of Communication and Media Research/ (JCMR), the Association’s flagship journal. This is the journal’s 31^st issue since it started publication in 2009. Every issue has been released regularly and on schedule in April and October of every year plus two special occasional issues.

The Volume 15, Number 1, April 2023 issue focuses on *Climate Change & Pandemics, Advertising & Public Relations, Cultural Communication, and Media Freedom**.*The issue contains 17 articles written by 35 authors (29 from Nigeria, four from Kenya, one from the United States of America, and one from Ghana).

Printed hard copies are available for sale while the online versions of the abstracts and full articles have been uploaded onto our website. All the Abstracts and Articles of this issue (and all other issues published from 2009 till date) are available for free access and free download at our website. Interested readers are free to order for either the print version or freely download the abstracts and full articles from our website: https://www.jcmrjournal.org <https://www.jcmrjournal.org>

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/We are also pleased to inform you that the Editors of the journal have graciously extended the period of submission of articles for the *Volume 15, Number 2 (October 2023 issue)* by two weeks from 31^st March to 15^th April 2023. We therefore urge you to send in your manuscripts in Microsoft Word attachment to: (jcmrjournal209 /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(jcmrjournal209 /at/ gmail.com)> before the *new **deadline of April 15, 2023.*/

Below are the contents page and list of contributors of the Volume 15, Number 1, April 2023 issue.

*JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA RESEARCH*

*ISSN 2141 - 5277*

*Volume 15 Number 1                                                APRIL  2023*

*Contents*

*CLIMATE CHANGE & PANDEMICS*

/Desmond Onyemechi Okocha, Ph.D., D//amilare Joshua Agbele & Josiah Sabo Kente, Ph.D.: /

Social media for disaster awareness and management in Nigeria.

/Sakinat Mojisola Ahmad & Adeola Abdulateef Elega, Ph.D.: /

Post ratification of SDGs and the Paris Accord: Framing and tone of coverage of climate change issues in three selected Nigerian newspapers.

/Eserinune McCarty Mojaye, Ph.D., Lateef Adekunle Adelakun, Ph.D., Oliver Chuks Odiegwu-Enwerem, Ph.D. & Ifeyinwa Maureen Ogbonna-Nwaogu: /

COVID-19 containment and vaccination campaigns: Citizens’ responses, behaviour change and vaccine adoption.

/Hassan Alhaji Ya’u, Ph.D. & Yusuf Adamu: /

Medical journalism and the challenges of accurate information dissemination during pandemics in Nigeria: An examination of corona virus.

*ADVERTISING & PUBLIC RELATIONS*

/Babatunde Adeshina Faustino, Abigail Odozi Ogwezzy-Ndisika, Ph.D., Charles Onwunali, Ph.D., Shaibu Husseini, Ph.D., & Samuel Ejiwunmi: /

Advertising messages, issues and dominant images of 2019 Nigeria presidential elections.

/Olalekan Salmon Otun & Kolade Ajilore, Ph.D.: /

Influence of Nigerian regulatory procedures on newspapers’ advertising revenue.

/James Aondowase Ashiekpe, Ph.D. & Satkyes Samuel Mwansat: /

Influence of stereotyped portrayals of women in Nigerian electronic media advertisements on perception of women in Nigeria.

/Gabriel Tivlumun Nyitse, Ph.D. & Damilare Joshua Agbele: /

Digitalization, public relations practice and ethics in Nigeria.

*CULTURAL COMMUNICATION*

/Josiah Sabo Kente, Ph.D., Damilare Joshua Agbele & Desmond Onyemechi Okocha, Ph.D.:/

New media and indigenous cultural identities in Nigeria.

/Abdullateef Mohammed & Lateef Adekunle Adelakun, Ph.D.: /

Philosophical dichotomy in afro-cultural communication: How multiplicity of thought influences perception of the /Ekuechi /masquerade festivals of /E//biras/ in Nigeria.

/Susan Wanja Mwangi, Ph.D. & Esther Muthoni King’ori, Ph.D.: /

Framing of COVID-19 messages in Kenyan pop culture: A semiotic analysis of selected pop songs.

/Robert Rukwaro Maina & Sylvester-James Mutua Kisila: /

African factors in cancer control: Perspectives from /Inooro TV’s ‘Uria Ndagitari’ /– ‘ask the doctor’: A Kenyan vernacular TV health show.

/Ibrahim Uba Yusuf & Yahaya Abubakar: /

Broadcast news translation and presentation in indigenous language in Borno State, Nigeria.

*MEDIA FREEDOM*

/Charles Chinedu Onwunali, Ph.D., Joseph Adepoju Tejumaiye, Ph.D., Shaibu Husseini, Ph.D. & Solomon Tommy: /

An appraisal of adherence of Nigerian media to ethical standards in practice.

/Ibrahim Siraj, Ph.D.: /

Uses and abuses of freedom of expression in the social media: An analysis of readers’ comments on Presidential Facebook posts.

/Kehinde Kadijat Kadiri, Ph.D., Adetola Ayotunde Kehinde & Olalekan Wasiu Awosanya: /

Assessment of twitter usage by the Independent National Electoral Commission during the 2019 general elections in Nigeria.

/Doris Amara Nwosu, Ph.D.: /

Media freedom and social responsibility: A review.

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*_JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA RESEARCH_*

*CONTRIBUTORS   Vol. 15 No. 1  APRIL  2023*

*__**_AMERICA, UNITED STATES OF_*

*Ahmad, Sakinat Mojisola*ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0844-3653, is a PhD student in the Department of Geological Sciences at The University of Alabama. Her research interests are water science, climate change, contaminant hydrology and hydrogeology, and water security and management. She is also passionate about research in Africa.

*_GHANA_*

*Kehinde, Adetola Ayotunde* is a senior research fellow and a doctoral student at Nobel International Business School, Accra, Ghana. His research areas of core competence are information management, information and communication media, and digital communication.

*_KENYA_*

*King’ori, Esther Muthoni Ph.D.* is a communication/media lecturer at Strathmore University, Kenya. Before joining the academia, Muthoni worked for various media organisations in Kenya as a news reporter and editor. Her research interests are in media ethics, media regulation, film studies, semiotics and media framing.

*Kisila, Sylvester-James Mutua*is a lecturer at USIU-A who teaches Journalism, Communication, and Film Production Studies. His interests are in development communication, Broadcast Journalism, and Film Production and Directing.

*Maina, Robert Rukwaro*is an early career researcher who works in the Kenyan public school education sector as a High School Tutor. His research interests span the use of communication tools for driving social change with specific interest in the use of qualitative research in health communication.

*Mwangi, Susan Wanja Ph.D.*is a lecturer in the Communication Studies Department at St. Paul’s University, Kenya and has previously served on the editorial board of the university journal, The/African Multidisciplinary Journal./ Her research interests include qualitative research, language use in media, alternative/community media, and ICT use among rural communities.

*_NIGERIA_*

*Abubakar, Yahaya* is with the Department of Mass Communication, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria.

*Adamu, Yusuf* is with the Department of Mass Communication, Kaduna State University, Kaduna, Nigeria.

*Adelakun, Lateef Adekunle Ph.D.,*ORCID: 0000-0003-4968-5314, is an Associate Professor and Head, Department of Mass Communication, National Open University of Nigeria, Jabi, Abuja, Nigeria. His research focuses on development communication and new media.

*Agbele, Damilare Joshua* ORCID: 0000-0002-6065-9347 is a doctoral student in the Department of Mass Communication, Bingham University, Nigeria. He has special interest in Digital Journalism, New Media, Public Relations, and Development communication.

*Ajilore, Kolade Ph.D.,*is a Professor and Head, Department of Mass Communication, Babcock University, Ilishan –Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria. His research interest is in brand communication, advertising, public relations, conflict reporting and health communication.

*Ashiekpe, James Aondowase Ph.D.,* is a lecturer in the Department of Mass Communication, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria

*Awosanya, Olalekan Wasiu* is with the Department of Mass Communication, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. His research interests are focused on development and corporate communication.

*Ejiwunmi, Samuel* is a Lecturer in the Department of Mass Communication, University of Lagos, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria.

*Elega, Adeola Abdulateef Ph.D.,*ORCID ID: 0000-0001-5635-6231, is a lecturer in the Department of Mass Communication, Nile University of Nigeria. Previously, he lectured in the department of Eastern Mediterranean University, Northern Cyprus- Turkey, where he earned his PhD with specialization in Communication and Media Studies. His research interests are in new media, journalism, meta-analysis in media studies, interpersonal communication and intercultural communication. **

*Faustino, Babatunde Adeshina* is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Mass Communication, University of Lagos, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria.

*Husseini, Shaibu Ph.D.* is a Senior Teaching/Research Fellow in the Department of Mass Communication, University of Lagos, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria and Head of the Strategic Communication Department of the National Troupe of Nigeria, a parastatal of the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Information and Culture.

*Kadiri, Kehinde Kadijat Ph.D.,* is an Associate Professor and Head, Department of Mass Communication, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. She has passion for health communication, visual communication, digital communication, corporate communication and humanitarianism.

*Kente, Josiah Sabo Ph.D.,* is an Associate Professor and Head, Department of Mass Communication, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nasarawa State, Nigeria. His research interests are in Media and Society, New Media, Political Communication and Development Journalism.

*Mohammed, Abdullateef*is a Ph.D. student of Mass Communication at the National Open University of Nigeria, and an Assistant Lecturer in the Mass Communication Department of the Nile University of Nigeria, Jabi, Abuja, Nigeria. He has keen interest in media-effect research, behavioral communication, and entrepreneurial journalism.

*Mojaye, Eserinune McCarty Ph.D.,*ORCID: 0000-0002-9571-7201, is a Professor of Mass Communication and Director, Olusegun Obasanjo Centre for African Studies, (OOCAS), National Open University of Nigeria, Jabi, Abuja, Nigeria.

*Mwansat, Satkyes Samuel* is of the Department of Mass Communication, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria

*Nwosu, Doris Amara Ph.D.,* is a lecturer in the Department of Mass Communication, Gregory University, Uturu, Abia State, Nigeria

*Nyitse, Gabriel Tivlumun Ph.D.*, is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mass Communication, Bingham University, Karu, Nasarawa State, Nigeria. He is seasoned journalist who worked and attained editorial positions in the National Concord and The Voice, two reputable newspapers in Nigeria before joining the civil service of Benue State where he retired in 2014, after attaining the peak as Permanent Secretary. His research interests include journalism ethics, ICT application in print media operations, media studies and social media dynamics.

*Odiegwu-Enwerem, Oliver Chuks Ph.D.*is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mass Communication, National Open University of Nigeria, Jabi, Abuja, Nigeria.

*Ogbonna-Nwaogu, Ifeyinwa Maureen*is a lecturer in the Department of Political Science, National Open University of Nigeria, Jabi, Abuja, Nigeria.

*Ogwezzy-Ndisika, Abigail Odozi Ph.D.,* is a Professor in the Department of Mass Communication, University of Lagos, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria.

*Okocha Desmond Onyemechi, Ph.D.,* ORCID - 0000-0001-5070-280X, is an Associate Professor and Head, Department of Mass Communication, Bingham University, Nasarawa State, Nigeria and Research Fellow, The University of Religions and Denominations, Iran. His research interests are in Media and Society, New Media, Corporate Communication and Digital Journalism.

*Onwunali, Charles Chinedu, Ph.D.,* is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mass Communication, University of Lagos, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria. His main research and teaching interests include Advertising and Consumer Rights Protection, Advertising Ethics and Public Policy, the role of Gender in Social, Political and Economic Developments and Media History.

*Otun, Olalekan Salmon*is a doctoral student in Mass Communication, Babcock University, Ilishan –Remo, Ogun State and lecturer in Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Ogba, Lagos. His research interests are advertising, public relations, marketing communication, digital marketing communication and health communication.

*Siraj, Ibrahim Ph.D.* is a lecturer in the Department of Mass Communication, Faculty of Communication, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria

*Tejumaiye, Joseph Adepoju Ph.D.*, is a Professor and Head, Department of Mass Communication, University of Lagos, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria. teaches Mass Communication at the University of Lagos Nigeria. He is an expert in Political Communication with bias in the use of Integrated Marketing Communication, New Media and Social Media in Political Advertising.

*Tommy, Solomon* is a communication practitioner with a development-finance institution, and holds an MSc in Mass Communication from the University of Lagos, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria. His interests are in advocacy research, strategic and applied communication, and online/social media management.

*Ya’u, Hassan Alhaji Ph.D.,* is with the Department of Information and Media Studies, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria.

*Yusuf, Ibrahim Uba* is with the Department of Mass Communication, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria.

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