Culture shock is a lack of psychological and physical agreement experienced by someone when they move to a new cultural environment. It is a feeling of personal disorientation, initial crisis of understanding and adaption, someone experiences when suddenly confronted with an unfamiliar way of life, value system, attitudes and behavior. Culture shock is momentary psychological […]
We discussed issues in gender and communication. Among such issues are gender and agriculture, gender and culture, and traditional gendered jobs. We embarked on various presentations reflecting issues on gender discussed in class. Some of the activities depicted gender issues in rural areas while others looked at gender issues in the cities. There exists gender […]
Recall that we discussed gender landscape and media landscape in class, explaining the relationship between the two. We believe you understood the lecture. We also discussed the relationship between gender and advertising, mentioning a few advertising stereotypes to buttress our points. Carefully study the adverts below and do an analysis of portrayal of gender stereotypes […]
Write a human interest feature story of not less than four paragraphs. Also provide the interview we discussed in class. Make sure you write your name, registration number and quiz number. Only those who were in class for the last lecture should do this quiz. Provide your answers as a response to this post.
Editorial is the voice of a Newspaper. The position of a newspaper on an issue is expressed through the editorial. The editorial page is an important part of a newspaper. Recall that we discussed devices used by newspapers in attracting attention to the editorial page. These devices are used to draw attention of the audience […]
COURSE COMPACT 2017/2018 Academic Session Faculty: Social Sciences Department: Mass Communication Course Code: MAC 461 Unit(s): 2 Semester: First Course Title: Environment Communication Lecturer: Dr. Chinenye Nwabueze Programme: B. Sc. (A). BRIEF OVERVIEW OF COURSE This course provides an insight on the effective communication strategies that could be used in drawing […]
You should also read chapter 10 of the book “The Art of Investigative Reporting” by Chinenye Nwabueze for your exam.
COURSE: FEATURE WRITING AND MAGAZINE REPORTING COURSE CODE: MAC 216 Below is the course outline for 300L (Part-time students) 1. Course Introduction 2. What is feature story 3. Types of feature stories 4. Approaches to feature story writing 5. Sources of ideas for a feature story 6. Features of a feature story 7. Writing the […]
COURSE: ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION COURSE CODE: MAC 416 Below are the course outline for 500L (Part-time students) 1. Understanding the concept of Environment 2. Environmental communication defined 3. Media of environmental communication 4. ICT’s and Environmental communication 5. Environmental news reporting 6. Mass media and the Environment 7. Green Marketing: A conceptual and Historical overview 8. […]