Browsing by Author "Nyiyongu, Charles Ngusha"

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    An assessment of the role of Citizens Journalism media in contemporary Nigerian Society and Agenda setting role of the
    (Department of Mass Communication, Nasarawa State University Keffi., 2018-03-04) Akaase, Ter Moses; Nyiyongu, Charles Ngusha; Ndefo, Ifeoma Comfort
    Today, individually produced citizen journalism exists in the form of social media platforms such as blogs, YouTube, and Twitter. These social media platforms encourage and facilitate engagement with other citizens who participate in creating content through commenting, liking, and sharing. This practice is considered to be the 21st century version of individualized citizen journalism. It is on this regard that the paper explores the process through which Citizen Journalists using new forms of media attempt to play a role in influencing public opinion in our contemporary society (Nigeria). The paper was anchored by theories of Citizenship and Democratic Participant Media Theory ” respectively. In the paper, the concept of citizen journalism was looked upon as "all forms of public reporting that is being carried out online. Survey research method was used to carry out investigations. The paper however concludes that; Citizen Journalism plays an important role in giving individuals a platform for expression. Thus, the paper recommends the need to sensitize Nigerian journalists on proper use of citizen journalism.
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    Broadcast Media Coverage of Genetic Disorder Counselling in Nigeria
    (Department of Mass Communication, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2019-03-03) Ezeanoikwa, Andrea N.F.; Anzaku, Zainab; Anthony, Ogande; Nyiyongu, Charles Ngusha
    Health as “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being is not merely the absence of disease”. In Nigeria, most of genetic disorders are not properly understood and this leads to divorces. The aim of this study is to expose the needfor broadcasting media to be covering the counselling sessions on non-genetic disorder bearing in mind the features of radio and television, it will go a long way to stop breaking up ofm arriages because of ignorance and limited resources to the citizens they do not know that counselling sessions are held to manage the situation. Using the survey method 100 individuals between the ages of 16-45 were randomly selected for evaluation of genetic disorder counselling awareness. Questionnaires were taken to hospitals, Asokoro District Hospital Abuja and Federal Medical Centre Keffi, Nasarawa State. From this it was discovered that 80% of the respondents showed that they were not aware that these Hospital offer such services and individuals exposed to counselling agreed that genetic counselling would help in prevention of genetic diseases. Among other things the researcher recommended that broadcast media should take it as a duty to keep citizens on the awareness, counselling sessions on genetic disorder to ease their anxiety.