Mohammed Abdullateef- Doctor of Philosophy
- Lecturer at Nile University of Nigeria
Mohammed Abdullateef
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Lecturer at Nile University of Nigeria
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Introduction
Budding Communication researcher with interests in journalism, new/digital media studies, media effects, communication theories.
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May 2019 - January 2021
November 2017 - April 2019
Education
December 2013 - October 2017
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Publications (20)
This study adopts meta-analysis and text mining approaches to systematically explore the prevalence of agenda setting theory (AST) in Africa-focused publications indexed in high-impact databases from 2000 to 2020. It aims to evaluate the usage frequency of AST in Africa-focused studies, the dominant perspectives explored in these studies, the domin...
As scholars try to make sense of the intersection between entrepreneurship and journalism in today’s increasingly digital world,
a burgeoning body of research has surfaced in the past couple of
years. This meta-analysis systematically maps existing literature on
entrepreneurial journalism (EJ) to assess the state of scholarship
thus far. The re...
The suspension of the micro-blogging platform, Twitter, by the federal government of Nigeria on 5 June 2021 for ‘consistent non-removal of inciting and divisive contents’, undoubtedly generated mixed feelings among social media users in and outside the country. Hinging on Ball-Rokeach & DeFleur’s Media Systems Dependency theory, this study adopts a...
For many years, everyday Nigerians, activists, community advocates, political enthusiasts, human rights leaders, and groups saw and used social media, especially Twitter as their safe haven and a tool that gave them the unmitigated opportunities to air their opinions on topical issues of national interest, criticize the government of the day and sp...
Many societies in Africa are increasingly losing grip on salient cultural and communication practices that have fostered unity, oneness and social cohesion among communities and kinsmen for hundreds of years. This study examined philosophical variances in and around the African culture, particularly the Ekuechi masquerade festival of the Ebiras in...
The rise and widespread use of generative AI technologies, including ChatGPT, Claude, Synthesia, DALL-E, Gemini, Meta AI, and others, have raised fresh concerns in journalism practice. While the development represents a source of hope and optimism for some practitioners, including journalists and editors, others express a cautious outlook given the...
As the media industry undergoes dynamic transformations, there is an increasing need for journalism graduates to possess entrepreneurial skills to navigate the evolving digital landscape. This study sought to evaluate the existing initiatives, strategies, and challenges in nurturing an entrepreneurial mindset among journalism students in Nigerian u...
Relying on the existing literature and empirical works, this study takes explorative perspective to identifying social media platforms that mostly propagate hate speech in Nigeria and some of the factors responsible for its spread. Anchored on the assumptions of the technological determinism theory and based on secondary data in the literature, thi...
This research examines the employability and competence and NOUN journalism graduates in the professional and general job market. The Jesse Delia's Constructivism Theory and Robert Edward Freeman's Stakeholder Theory were adopted to emphasize the uniqueness of learning experiences as well as how the long-term interest of organizations critically de...
This paper examines the coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic by selected broadcast media outlets in the four regions of Africa (West: Nigeria, East: Kenya, North: Sudan and South: South Africa) in the years 2020 and 2021. Since the news contents of the broadcast stations are domiciled in their organizational archives, a content analysis of news storie...
Based on the results of our meta-analysis research that revealed a dearth of communication-centered publications on maternal mortality and morbidity reduction, this study examined how information communicated via varied mediums to women impacts on their behaviors regarding maternal healthcare. The survey method was adopted to sample opinions of 300...
Many societies in Africa are increasingly losing grip on salient cultural and communication practices that have fostered unity, oneness and social cohesion among communities and kinsmen for hundreds of years. This study assesses the polarity of philosophy in and around the African culture in general, and the Ekuechi masquerade festival of the Ebira...
The advent of social networks as Blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, among others, has revolutionized communications. The power of social media messages rests on its ability to instantly and simultaneously reach a wide, diverse audience, and transforming social life. While the public has overtime become accustomed to the regulation of co...
This paper examines the coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic by selected broadcast media outlets in the four regions of Africa (West: Nigeria, East: Kenya, North: Sudan and South: South Africa) in the years 2020 and 2021. Since the news contents of the broadcast stations are domiciled in their organizational archives, a content analysis of news storie...
The advent of the internet and new media, characterized with social networking sites such as Blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp etc., has revolutionized communication globally. The power of social media messages rests majorly on its ability to instantly and simultaneously reach a wide, diverse audience, possibly shaping their thinking an...
Information plays a crucial role in every society. The media of every society is responsible for transmitting assorted information to a wide range of diverse audiences through multiple channels, including newspapers, magazines, radio, television and of course, the new media (Internet). In a world where the Internet is becoming the fastest growing m...
The suspension of the micro-blogging platform, Twitter, by the federal government of Nigeria on 5th June 2021 for 'consistent non-removal of inciting and divisive contents', generated mixed feelings among social media users in and outside the country. Hinging on DeFleur & Ball-Rokeach's Media Systems Dependency theory, this study adopts a combinati...
Information plays a key role in every society. The media of every society is responsible for transmitting assorted information to a wide range of diverse audiences through multiple channels, including newspapers, magazines, radio, television and of course the new media (internet). In a world where the internet is becoming the fastest growing medium...
As the world battles the novel Coronavirus pandemic ravaging lives and destroying economies, many nations have entrusted the detection, handling and management of confirmed coronavirus cases to their leading public health institutions. For Nigeria, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), charged with the said responsibility, faces a worrisom...
The researcher in this literature-based paper discusses factors responsible for the ease in cognitive manipulation of unsuspecting individuals, and with extensive review of on and offline scamming and fraud related researches by scholars; he established a nexus between Cognitive Appeal Techniques and the successes of several crimes in the Nigerian...
