One of a series of monographs published as part of a UNESCO program to analyze the communication policies of selected countries, this report provides information about Nigeria. Various sections of the report discuss the following topics: (1) Nigeria's socioeconomic and political geography, (2) its system of mass communication, (3) its public policies concerning the mass media, (4) the policies of its mass media, (5) the distribution of professionals in the various print and broadcast media, and (6) an alternative communication policy for the country. An appendix contains tables of data, a copy of the code of conduct for the Nigerian press and an editorial on that code, and a list of newspapers and magazines that have been published in Nigeria since 1859. (FL)

Communication is changing rapidly around the world, particularly in Africa, where citizens are embracing digital technologies not only to improve not only interpersonal communication but also the state of their financial well-being. This book investigates these transformations in Nigeria’s booming communication industry. The book traces communications in Nigeria back to pre-colonial indigenous communications, through the development of telecommunication, broadcasting networks, the press, the Nigerian film industry (‘Nollywood’) and on to the digital era. At a time when Western voices still dominate the academic literature on communication in Africa, this book is noteworthy in drawing almost exclusively on the expertise of Nigerian-based authors, critiquing the discipline from their own lens and providing an important contribution to the decolonisation of communication studies. The authors provide a holistic analysis of the sector, encompassing print journalism, broadcast journalism, public relations, advertising, film, development communication, organisational communication and strategic communication. Analysis of the role of digital technologies is woven throughout the book, concluding with a final section theorising the future of communication studies in Nigeria in the light of the digital media revolution. Robust in its theoretical and methodological underpinnings, this book will be an important reference for researchers of media and communication studies, and those working on Africa specifically.

One of a series of monographs published as part of a UNESCO program to analyze the communication policies of selected countries, this report provides information about Nigeria. Various sections of the report discuss the following topics: (1) Nigeria's socioeconomic and political geography, (2) its system of mass communication, (3) its public policies concerning the mass media, (4) the policies of its mass media, (5) the distribution of professionals in the various print and broadcast media, and (6) an alternative communication policy for the country. An appendix contains tables of data, a copy of the code of conduct for the Nigerian press and an editorial on that code, and a list of newspapers and magazines that have been published in Nigeria since 1859. (FL)

This study of the state of media law in Nigeria contains analyses of the interplay of law, politics, the economy and other social factors on the state of freedom of expression. Juxtaposed are the regime of media law and regulations, judicial interpretation of these laws, the existing environment for the realisation of freedom of expression and the associated general political, social and economic environment. Critical attention is given to the various enactments regulating freedom of expression and the provisions on freedom of expression in the 1963, 1979 and 1999 Constitutions of Nigeria. How national media laws compare with international treaties and how regulators influence media contents, are also examined. The book is addressed to a wide audience: mass communication and law students, lecturers and teachers in tertiary institutions offering relevant courses, legal practitioners, journalists and those working in the field of mass communication, human rights and political activists, politicians and party bureaucracies, policy makers, researchers and experts in think tanks.