We discussed theories of Public Relations and relevance of New Media in Financial Public Relations. Each candidate was given an essay to work on. Submit your answer as response to this post. Deadline is 9pm today.
Category: Post Graduate
Business/Financial Public Relations! M.Sc. Class
1. Provide a list of Financial publications (newspapers and magazines) in Nigeria. Give a brief overview of each one. 2. Provide a list of top 20 financial publications in the world. Deadline is Monday, May 20.
Advertising Principles, Practices, Issues! PGD Class
We discussed elements of an advert copy in class. Elements are those devices we use to come up with a creative advert copy. We looked at a few of them in class, among which are the headline, sub-headline, illustration, body text or body copy and USP. Look at the advertisements below and respond to the […]
Business/Financial Relations Case Study! M.Sc Class
A Business relations manager requires case study research skills in proffering solutions to challenges faced by his or her company. A case study is a research strategy that investigates a phenomenon within its real-life context. Case studies are based on an in-depth investigation of a single individual, group or event to explore the causes of underlying […]
Technological Advances In Communication! Ph.D
Recall that in our last class we dwelt extensively on how technology has influenced various facets of the society. We had intelligent presentations from various students on technology and religion, entertainment, the economy, and culture. We saw that the influence of information technology on various facets of life has mainly been to the effect of making information about them more accessible. You were […]
Business/Financial Public Relations! M.Sc Class
Recall that we discussed financial public relations in class where we said the Financial Public Relations (FPR) executive in Nigeria should always engage in Environmental scanning to keep abreast with issues that might affect his establishment. We also noted that the FPR person also requires the skills of a public relations executive without specifically focusing […]
Communication and Gender Studies! Brief Discourse (2)
Culture Shock, Gender and Communication 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. […]
Communication and Gender Studies! Brief Discourse (1)
We continue our discussions on gender, the media and society. This is a brief discourse on the dynamic nature of gender in today’s society. Just read the piece below and attempt an understanding of the scenario in both western world and developing societies regarding the postulation that gender is a dynamic feature. Gender […]
Communication and Gender Studies! Stray Quiz
Recall that we discussed gender landscape and media landscape in class, explaining the relationship between the two. I once mentioned that the gender landscape in the developing world features primarily the binaries while the picture in developing society features non-binary landscape. This affects media content which reflects the society. I recall mentioning that the topic […]
Global Communication and ICTs! Outdoor Quiz
Recall that we discussed how global communication is the livewire of globalization. We also looked at how globalization, through global communication, impacts the society in various ways. This is a continuation of the quiz we began on whatsApp. Just respond to these questions briefly. 1. When we say “global communication is the live wire of […]
Communication and Gender Studies! Random Quiz
In our last offline meeting we discussed Gender, Communication, and Culture. We saw that the African society has a more conservative perception of gender than the western society. While the African societies see gender strictly from the binary point of view, western societies have a more liberal, non-binary perception of gender which accommodates the genderqueer, […]
Gender and Communication Studies! Outdoor Quiz
We discussed gender ‘in-betweens’ in our last offline meeting. We examined gender, communication and culture in modern society and found that the African society has a more conservative perception of gender than the western society. While African societies see gender strictly from the binary point of view, the western world have a more liberal, non-binary […]
Communication and Gender Studies! Class Activity
I have seen the submissions of some candidates in the Gender Competence and Breast Ironing article we’re working on. I even extended the deadline to this morning still some people did not submit. Those whose submissions were approved are Anthony Chukwuemeka Ngozi These three candidates should proceed with the main work which I expect on […]
Communication and Gender Studies! Class Activity
We are all working on two topics – a general and a specific topic. The general topic is a quick essay on gender competence and eradication of breast ironing in sub-Saharan Africa. What you are basically required to do here is to write an analytical piece with not less than 20 references on the topic […]
Gender and Communication Studies! Outdoor Quiz
In our last class we discussed the multifaceted meaning of gender, not restricted to the most common definition of the term from the binary perspective. We saw that gender means more than the binaries in contemporary world. Our interest is to assess how various genders and gendered perceptions impact the communication process. To begin with, […]