1. A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF “THE FAST AND FURIOUS” (ACTION FILM) AND ITS IMPACT ON THE SOCIAL BEHAVIOURAL PATTERN OF STUDENTS
Background of Study
It is necessary to understand and respect the power of television and cinema as media for disseminating information in order to completely comprehend the resear...
2. A CRITICAL SURVEY ON INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS USED IN TEACHING AND LEARNING OF BUSINESS STUDIES
Background of the Study
Man had been looking for ways to improve the efficacy of his communication for thousands of years. Aristotle defined those critical factors in the communication process over two thousand years ago. According to him, communication...
3. A SOCIOLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF CODE SWITCHING AND CODE MIXING IN SELECTED JENIFA’S DIARY EPISODES
Background to the study
The employment of more than one language, variety, or style by a speaker within an utterance or discourse, or between various interlocutors or contexts, is referred to as code-switching (Romaine, 1992:110). In linguistics, code-s...
4. A SOCIOLINGUISTIC REVIEW OF CODE SWITCHING AND CODE MIXING IN SELECTED JENIFA’S DIARY EPISODES
Background to the study
The employment of more than one language, variety, or style by a speaker within an utterance or discourse, or between various interlocutors or contexts, is referred to as code-switching (Romaine, 1992:110). In linguistics, code-s...
5. A STYLISTIC STUDY OF ADICHIE'S THE THINGS AROUND YOUR NECK AND PURPLE HIBISCUS.
Background to the Study
A lot of similarities exist in the definitions of language. From another angle, there are highly technical usages of the word “language” reflecting the way the term has been...
6. AN ANALYSIS OF NEWSPAPERS IN THE COVERAGE OF KIDNAPPING IN THE SOUTH WEST NIGERIA: A COMPARATIVE REVIEW OF PUNCH AND GUARDIAN NEWSPAPERS
Background of the Study
During the past decade and a half, Nigeria had an extraordinary succession of agitations in the form of kidnappings and abductions, armed robberies, bombings, and carnages of varying magnitudes. Despite the fact that kidnapping h...
7. AN ASSESSMENT OF ADAPTIVE EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY FOR SUPPORTING HANDICAPPED PERSONS IN THE LIBRARY ENVIRONMENT
Background of the Study
Articles 19 and 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) of December 10, 1948, state that the availability and use of information are essential human rights problems. In this information age, it is more important th...
8. AN ASSESSMENT OF FLIPPED CLASSROOM AND ITS EFFECTS ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS
Background of the study
Flipped learning is a type of blended-learning approach of instruction. It promotes learning that is focused on the learner, as well as involvement and accomplishment. It's also a hybrid method, with teachers combining "...
9. AN ASSESSMENT OF PUBIC PERCEPTION OF HEALTH-RELATED RADIO PROGRAMMES IN NIGERIA
Background Of The Study
One of humanity's recurring concerns is the predominance of health-related issues, as existing diseases spread and new ones arise with little or no knowledge about those illnesses and diseases. As a result, the incidence of d...
10. AN ASSSESSMENT OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AND ITS IMPACT IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN'S WELL-BEING IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Communication, according to Greg Duran (2010), is the foundation of any interaction in today's society, including families, schools, and the globe at large, because information can never be communicated or conveyed without co...
11. AN EVALUATION OF HOME MOVIES AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE DRESSING PATTERNS OF STUDENTS OF TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA
Background of study
Home movies are valued as a means of mass communication all over the world. In Nigeria, there are about one million home movie film viewers who are influenced in some manner by the themes addressed in Nigerian home movies. The...
12. AN INVESTIGATION OF THE AGITATION AND CLAMORING FOR RESTRUCTURING OF NIGERIA FEDERATION
Background of the study
For some months, the discourse of restructuring has dominated the public sphere, and this theme has been disseminated via the use of digital, print, and electronic media. Restructuring appears to be the in-thing currently in every quarter. Until...
13. EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AS A TOOL FOR GOOD MANAGEMENT
INTRODUCTION
The term communication means different things to different people. Some can expand its meaning to include the equipment used in the passing of information like telegram, telephone, television etc. Others can take it to mean the communicatio...
14. THE ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF VALUE ADDED TAX ON REVENUE GENERATION IN NIGERIA (2000–2009)
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Prior to 1993, only very little was known of Value Added Tax (VAT) in Nigeria. The idea of VAT started with the acceptance of the recommendation of Dr Sylvester Ugoh led study group on Indirect Taxation in November 1991. The deci...
15. THE EFFECT OF LANGUAGE INTERFERENCE ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Background of the Study
Before the 19th century, the study of language was made. Sir Williams Jones (1786) suggested affinity of Sanskrit and Persian with Greek, opening the study of genetic relationship between languages. With this revelation of affini...
16. EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AS A TOOL FOR GOOD MANAGEMENT
The term communication means different things to different people. Some can expand its meaning to include the equipment used in the passing of information like telegram, telephone, television etc. Others can take it to mean the communication system in the organization such as grapevine compliant...
17. IMPACTS OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
Background To The Study
One of the uniqueness of the human person is the ability to objectify his thoughts and ideas through language. With the social evolution of language, especially speech language, man was able to widen the gap between him and the r...
18. THE ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF VALUE ADDED TAX ON REVENUE GENERATION IN NIGERIA (2000–2009)
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Prior to 1993, only very little was known of Value Added Tax (VAT) in Nigeria. The idea of VAT started with the acceptance of the recommendation of Dr Sylvester Ugoh led study group on Indirect Taxation in November 1991. The deci...
19. CODE MIXING AND CODE SWITCHING IN NIGERIAN MOVIES
Background of the Study
Code mixing /code switching is a sociolinguistic phenomenon which occurs as an outcome of linguistic contacts especially among bilinguals and multilingual. Code switching is a communicative strategy utilized by bilingual speakers...
20. CHALLENGES OF TELEVISION BROADCASTING IN A DEMOCRATIC DISPENSATION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The role of television as a mass medium in the democratization process is understood in the context of the public sphere, which is defined by Habermas stated in 2012 as "organs of information and political debates such...
21. COMMUNICATING CHANGE AND SOCIETAL VALUES IN SELECT NIGERIAN HOME MOVIES
EXCERPT FROM THE STUDY
The Nigerian movie industry “Nollywood” has had a profound influence on African culture. The Nigerian accents, style of dress, and behavioral idiosyncrasies, all of which are distinctly Nigeria, are now being transmitted as images arou...
22. CODE SWITCHING IN NORTHERN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF KANYWOOD FILM INDUSTRY
Background Of The Study
According to Yusuf (2014:2), Kanywood is the name for the Hausa film industry based in Kano. Due to the cosmopolitan nature of Kano and the fact that most of the production is placed there, in 1999 a journalist working with a Hausa newspaper call...
23. AN ASSESSMENT OF TWITTER BAN ON NIGERIA’S IMAGE IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
ABSTRACT
This focus of this study is to assess twitter ban on Nigeria’s image in the international community using Abuja as case Study, Nigeria. Survey research design was adopted for the study and with the aid of convenient sampling method, the r...
24. EFFECT OF CORRUPTION IN NIGERIAN POLICE
Background of the study
One of the challenges facing national development and economic growth in Nigeria is corruption. The former military regime of 1983-1998 justified their overthrow of the government on the basis of corruption. In addition, t...
25. ASSESSMENT OF AUDIENCE PERCEPTION OF MEDIA COVERAGE OF APRIL 2011 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Background to the Study
Development in all its ramifications is a pr...
26. AN EVALUATION OF ELECTORAL VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA: THE CASE OF ANAMBRA STATE GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The unbridled quest for power by man in his ever unstoppable search for relevance and advantage has indeed, generated so much tensions and hostilities. Thus, for most developing democracies of the Third World especially, Nigeria,...
27. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ONLINE BOOK CLUB MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
INTRODUCTION
People who read at least seven books a year are reported to be 2.3 times more intelligent than people who read only one. That stat, floating around the Internet, has been attributed jointly (and separately) to the U.S. Department of Labor and a survey by Ya...
28. IMPACT OF INTERNET ON READING AND RESEARCH HABITS OF MASS COMMUNICATION STUDENTS
Background of the study
Reading serves as a tool for students’ enhancement of intellectual properties of people from generation to generations so as to ensure continuous human and societal transformations and developments. Reading is an act of dec...
29. YOUTH LIFE STYLE: ITS IMPACT AND CHURCH GROWTH
Background of the study
Church Growth is a movement within evangelical Christianity which focuses on developing methods to grow churches based on business marketing strategies as seen in Luke 14:23 which says “And the lord said unto the serva...
30. A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF OLISA METUH’S DYSPHEMISMS AGAINST PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI’S ADMINISTRATION
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- Background to the study
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In every discussion, humans continually and subconsciously negotiate meaning. Failure to negotiate meaning is frequently the source of language disagreement in communication. In term...
31. AN ASSESSMENT OF FINGERPRINT AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM FOR ATM SECURITY
Background of the Study
A biometric system is, in essence, a pattern recognition system that functions by first gathering biometric data from a person, then extracting a feature vector from the collected data, and then comparing the extracted feature vector with the fea...
32. AN ASSESSMENT OF LANGUAGE AND THE QUEST FOR IDENTITY: A STUDY OF CHINUA ACHEBE’S THINGS FALL APART AND CHIMAMANDA ADICHIE’S AMERICANAH
Background to the Study
Language is as ancient as man, and it is the most essential component of every civilisation that is still alive today. Language is unlike any other gift that God has given to human beings since it is completely unique. The way a person communicat...
33. PRACTICAL EVALUATION OF WHATSAPP CHATS
Background to the Study
The complexity of language is one of the most striking characteristics of human-specific phenomena. Its tangled web of components and interpretations. It extends beyond its semiotic capability of delivering information at a commu...
34. AN EVALUATION OF TEACHING AND LEARNING GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURES IN SELECTED PRIMARY SCHOOLS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
In today's culture, both the teaching of and the study of the English language are considered to be of utmost importance. This is due of the many different functions it fulfills within the country's overall geopolitical framework. In Nige...
35. THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE TWITTER BAN ON NIGERIAN CITIZENS
Background Of The Study
It has been known for a long time that social media is a type of human interaction in which individuals participate in the production, sharing, and/or trading of information and ideas within online groups and networks. The prolif...
36. THE IMPACTS OF VALUE ADDED TAX ON REVENUE GENERATION IN NIGER STATE
Background of the study
Prior to 1993, very little information on Nigeria's Value-Added Tax (VAT) was available to the public. The approval of a report made by a research committee on indirect taxation headed by Dr. Sylvester Ugoh in November 1991, which was led by...
37. EVALUATION INTO THE RIGHT OF AN ACCUSED PERSON UNDER THE NIGERIAN LEGAL SYSTEM
INTRODUCTION
When a suspect is said to have right, it means that he is recognized as being entitled to anything for which he has recently filed a legal claim in accordance with the law. The fact that man was created gives him some rights that are s...
38. FACTORS INFLUENCING CONSUMER'S BUYING BEHAVIOR USING UNILEVER, GHANA AS A CASE STUDY
Background Of The Study
According to Shaw and Jones (2005), consumer behavior has long been a subject of analysis by market researchers the world over. It is only by carefully studying patterns in consumer’s buying behavior that investors can make...
39. ASSESSMENT OF TEACHING AND LEARNING ENGLISH GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURES IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The teaching and study of the English language is extremely vital in today's culture. This is due to the different functions it plays in the country's geopolitical framework. English is widely used in Nigeria for communication, education,...
40. ASSESSING THE POPULARITY OF TWITTER USAGE AFTER the BAN LIFTING IN NIGERIAN: A STUDY OF UNIBEN STUDENTS
Background Of The Study
People have long recognized social media as a means of human interaction in which they create, share, and/or exchange information and ideas in virtual groups and networks. Because of the increasing popularity of social med...
41. NEW MEDIA AND CYBERBULLYING AMONG NIGERIAN YOUTHS (A STUDY OF AFE BABALOLA UNIVERSITY STUDENTS)
Background of the Study
Cyberbullying is defined as intentional and repetitive harm caused by the use of computers, mobile phones, and other electronic devices (Hinduja and Patchin, 2010). It's a never-ending cycle of purposely harming people using...
42. PERCIEVED INFLUENCE OF SMARTPHONE ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
Background to the study
Information simply is that which informs, that from which data can be derived. It is any propagation of cause and effect within a system. Information is conveyed either as the content of a message or through the direct or indirec...
43. PRINT MEDIA AS ELECTIONEERING TOOL IN NIGERIA GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION
Background of the study
Unquestionably, media is a potent and swift mode of communication. It has a significant effect on education, politics, culture, and social cohesion, as well as a large audience. The media function as vigilant watchdogs, highlight...
44. TEACHERS PERCEPTION OF THE INFLUENCE OF PIDGIN ENGLISH ON SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN AROCHUKWU LGA ABIA STATE
Background Of The Study
Language in multilingual societies such as Nigeria has always been a source of concern for educators, educational planners, and parents, particularly with respect to the proper use of language in communication. This has been the...
45. AN EXAMINATION OF SLANGS USAGE AMONG UNDERGRADUATE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
It is possible to describe language as a method of communication, a platform for the expression of feelings, a route for the transmission of ideas, a vital component of socioeconomic and political advancement, and even a way of l...
46. THE IMPACT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ON PUPIL’S COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Background of Study
In today's society, where the proliferation of information requires the use of information and communication technology (ICT), teaching is turning into one of the most challenging professions to work in (Bakkabulindi, 2017). The...
47. MONETARY POLICY AND ITS IMPACT ON THE GROWTH OF NIGERIA ECONOMIC
Background to the Study
Nigeria is still a clear example of a third-world economy in which the expanding economy has some functioning machinery, monetary and fiscal policies that attempt to maintain a balance throughout the whole economy so that growth and development,...
48. ANALYSIS OF TEXT – TO- SPEECH/AUDIO SYSTEM VIA DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The capacity to convey one's thoughts through a set of signs (text), gestures, and noises is referred to as language. It is a distinguishing property of humans, who are the only organisms with such a system. Speech is the oldest and most exte...
49. THE EFFECTS OF LANGUAGE DIVERSITY ON NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
ABSTRACT
This research work focuses on the Effect of Language Diversity on National Development. It adopts descriptive and comparative approaches in analyzing the nature of Language and the policy situation in Nigeria, considering in clear...
50. COINAGES IN NIGERIA ENGLISH: A SOCIOLINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVE
ABSTRACT
Nigerian English coinages have been widely investigated in different literatures ranging from studies in Sociolinguistics, Semantics, Pragmatics, and Syntax to Metaphors and Cognitive linguistic studies. This present study is a re-visitation of the Nigerian En...
