14 research outputs found
Corporate Communication, Indigenous Languages, and Community Relations: A Discourse on Practices by Nigerian Universities
This conceptual work examines corporate communication as a tool for coordinating universities' internal and external
messages in Nigeria. It explores universities' attempts to harness, link-up, and interact with their publics. This chapter
presents effective corporate communication as the unifying principle in many institutional decisions. It emphasizes
that sometimes, universities' efforts to communicate effectively and profitably with their host communities end up in
futility especially where indigenous language is a key environmental factor. University-neighbour relationship globally
ought to be symbiotic and mutually-reinforcing. This chapter reviews scholarly commentaries on corporate
communication, the relevance of indigenous language to community relations; and highlights in conclusion, the
implications for universities in neglecting indigenous language during community engagements. It recommends that
universities should motivate their employees to apply indigenous languages in enhancing understanding between the
institutions and their host communities
Nomenclature and Functions of Corporate Communication Units of Nigerian Universities: A Comparative Examination
Communication is an essential process in universities. Corporate objectives, goals, relationships and
control are ensured or jeopardised by the communication network put in place by university management. The
name of an organisational communication unit has strategic implications, and its functions distinguish it from other
units within the university. The paper uncovers various labels of universities’ corporate communication units. It
shows the functions of these units; and how the labels determine their functions. In-depth interview was used to
gather data from communication officers of six selected universities in southwest, Nigeria. While the descriptive
survey helped to generate data from other employees of corporate communication units as well as faculty members
of mass communication departments of the six selected universities. Findings show that 41.4% of the respondents
did not know the name of the corporate communication unit of their universities. Communication officers affirmed
that the unit carried out several functions. A revelation is that, in some cases, the name of a communication unit
could influence how the Unit functions. The study concluded that there was need for universities to have a
standardised document on corporate communication unit naming, structure and operations. It was recommended
that universities could adopt the Directorate of Public Relations as the name of their communication unit for
uniformity and consistency
Data on security implications of the adoption of Internet of Things by public relations professionals
The dataset is on public relations professionals' views on the security
issues related to the adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT)
for the activities. The data were generated through the administration
of online questionnaire to 100 public relations professionals
in Nigeria and were analyzed using the Analysis of
Variance (ANOVA)
Nomenclature and Functions of Corporate Communication Units of Nigerian Universities: A Comparative Examination
Communication is an essential process in universities. Corporate objectives, goals, relationships and control are ensured or jeopardised by the communication network put in place by university management. The name of an organisational communication unit has strategic implications, and its functions distinguish it from other units within the university. The paper uncovers various labels of universities’ corporate communication units. It shows the functions of these units; and how the labels determine their functions. In-depth interview was used to gather data from communication officers of six selected universities in southwest, Nigeria. While the descriptive survey helped to generate data from other employees of corporate communication units as well as faculty members of mass communication departments of the six selected universities. Findings show that 41.4% of the respondents did not know the name of the corporate communication unit of their universities. Communication officers affirmed that the unit carried out several functions. A revelation is that, in some cases, the name of a communication unit could influence how the Unit functions. The study concluded that there was need for universities to have a standardised document on corporate communication unit naming, structure and operations. It was recommended that universities could adopt the Directorate of Public Relations as the name of their communication unit for uniformity and consistency
The Public and Public Relations: Examining their nexus in environmental pollution, laws, and policies of government
Goals 6, 13, 14, and 15 of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) share global concerns of making the earth cleaner for human habitation. In Nigeria, pollution thrives despite the government's laws and policies. In the country, opinions on public issues are strong, and public relations (PR) professionals are perceived moulders of societal viewpoints. This study examines the connection between public awareness and PR actions on the sociological problems of environmental pollution, laws, and government policies in an industrial cum residential community in Southwest Nigeria. Based on the Environmental Communication Theory, which espouses nature-human environmental connectivity, this study adopts a quantitative, non-experimental, and descriptive methodology. Probability and non-probability sampling design and multi-stage techniques are applied to select 400 residents of Ota community. Scientific Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) is used to process 358 successful copies of the questionnaire. Results show that public awareness of environmental pollution is high; but low on its laws and policies. The contributions of public relations practitioners are acknowledged, but the government's actions are unfamiliar. Meagre public concern for environmental laws and policies and weak motivation by PR practitioners and the government threaten the achievement of identified SDGs of the UN at the study's location
Content Analysis of Select Agricultural Radio Programs in Indigenous Languages in North-Central Nigeria
Radio has been seen as a predominant source of information for farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. Even
though the width of radio coverage differs from nation to nation, it can be said that about 80 percent to 90
percent of family units in Africa have functional radio sets (Odame, 2008). Furthermore, studies by
Zeweld, Van Huylenbroeck, Tesfay, and Speelman (2017); Nwammuo and Salawu (2019); Ismail,
Sabran, and Ariffin (2019) suggest that messages from the radio influence farmers to change their
behavior resulting in better farm yields. Radio programs have been the ideal tool to achieve improved
development of rural small-scale farmers in Africa (Awiti, Silas, and Onyango, 2017).
Radio programs urge rural dwellers to be interested in development by embracing innovations (Asuman
and Diedong, 2019). The connection spans from radio to rural dwellers, then agriculture and
development, which is of great importance. It may be said that most residents in rural areas engage in
subsistence farming. The people require fundamental life necessities such as food, clothing, and shelter
from their stock and trade. Subsequently, radio programs help educate them on the utilization of
pesticides, the dosage, the time of use, and the preventive measures against threats. Radio programs
have become the most regarded mass media apparatus in developing countries, giving a genuine
alternative to the invention and dissemination o
Accounting Students, Social Media and Online Learning in West Africa’s Topmost University
All over the world, accounting students have the burden of scholarship
and professional studies in order to become future accountants. A way to
cope with this demand is to use the ubiquitous social media. This study
examined the demographic differentials in the students' awareness and
usage of social media as online pedagogical tools. Purposely selected for
the study were accounting students of Covenant University, ranked
number one in West Africa by the 2019 Times Higher Education. The
university enrols its accounting undergraduates for external professional
examinations additionally to four years of a degree course. A
quantitative methodology using a survey technique afforded the
application of a questionnaire instrument in the study. The Scientific
Package of Social Sciences was used to analyse the data gathered from
294 students of accounting across gender, age and levels of studentship.
Results point out that accounting students are aware of the educational
value of social media outlets. However, in practice, online platforms are
lowly used for learning purposes. While students mostly subscribe to
Instagram, YouTube is the most valuable media for learning. More
than gender and level of studentship, influence both awareness and usage
of social media for undergraduates' online learning. The study concludes
that socio-pragmatic considerations rather than epistemic consciousness
determine students' social media affiliations and usage. Resulting
recommendations are: that international researches should study the
applicability of social media as online learning apparatuses. Also;
educational administrators should rethink social media as online
pedagogical tools
Data on new media use for agricultural training and research at Agricultural Services and Training Centre(ASTC)
Data available in this survey depict new media use for agricultural
training and research. The objective was to determine how
favourably or unfavourably disposed the respondents were to
using new media for research and training.Self-administered
copies of the questionnaire were used to generate the data from
47agriculturalextensionworkersatASTC,PlateauState.Frequency
tables andtheSpearman’s rank-ordercorrelationwereusedto
analyze dat
Awareness and sources of knowledge on men’s penile health in Lagos, Nigeria
Global attention to penile care is an aspect of men’s health within the Sustainable Development Goal 3 of the United Nations. Environmental and healthcare concerns about the connection between circumcision and penile care are real. According to the World Health Organisation, approximately 665 million males across the world are circumcised. However, social hush about penile problems as contributors to men’s life expectancy further incubates it for millions of men to suffer in silence. The purpose of this study is to open and direct healthcare attention to the dangers of penile disorder with an awareness check and knowledge sources.
Designed questionnaire was operated on randomized 1,000 adults of equal gender distribution on mainland Lagos, Nigeria. Multi-stage cluster sampling technique was
applied to carefully select a fair representation of study population. Newman’s health awareness theory and its applications by three other authors support this
study. Results show that whilst men are more concerned about their penile performance, women showed extra interest in penile care and healthy usage. Open
discussions and literatures on penile issues are rare in Nigeria. The study would spur public, academic and research interests in men’s penile health; by recommending the adoption of appropriate penile health policy within the SDG3 of the United Nations