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Suleiman M. Yar’Adua
Department of Mass Communication, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria
Humanities Economics, Econometrics & Finance Social Sciences

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Ethical Issues and Insecurity in Africa: The Media Dimension Aondover Eric Msughter; Martha Msoo Hile; Suleiman M. Yar’Adua
Konfrontasi: Jurnal Kultural, Ekonomi dan Perubahan Sosial Vol 10 No 2 (2023): Konfrontasi, June
Publisher : Budapest International Research and Critics University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33258/konfrontasi2.v10i2.272

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This paper addresses ethical issues and the challenges of insecurity in connection to mass media and journalistic practice in the context of Africa. In communication studies, ethics is central and critical to the issue of insecurity in Africa, especially to the credibility in the gathering, processing, and delivery of information for believability. Insecurity constitutes a major impediment to the development of Africa. There are multiple points of violent conflicts, acts of terrorism, kidnapping, and crimes. Many countries in Africa are faced with threats ranging from armed banditry, cattle rustling, armed and sea robberies and piracy, militancy, cultism, pipeline vandalism, illegal oil bunkering, and crude oil theft, illegal refining of petroleum, herdsmen-farmers clashes, activities of IPOB and other separatist groups. All of these make society tense, dangerous, and conflict-ridden with implications on journalism, its ethical practice, performance, and credibility. For an individual or people to internalize, accept, believe and actualize the content of information, such an individual or people must adjudge the source and content of the information based on truthfulness, competence, dynamism, and relevance. Often time, the challenges of insecurity in Africa are accelerated due to the way media handle such issues. When an individual is sufficiently and ethically informed, he or she becomes knowledgeable on a particular subject and the mind is freed from uncertainty, liberated from ignorance, and empowered to effectively participate in the process of national development. The growth and development of Africa have continuously failed to correlate with the quantum of resources allegedly expanded over time. Within this context, this paper examines ethics in journalistic engagement and the issues of insecurity in Africa.
Media and National Development in Democratic Societies Suleiman M. Yar’Adua; Aondover Eric Msughter; Sabiu Garba
Polit Journal Scientific Journal of Politics Vol 3 No 3 (2023): Polit Journal: Scientific Journal of Politics, August
Publisher : Britain International for Academic Research (BIAR-Publisher)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33258/polit.v3i3.948

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The operation of the media in terms of national development is fundamental for the productivity of any journalistic engagement. The objective of development communication entails the media carrying out development tasks within the context of the society as well as advocating the essence why society should develop. This is paramount because development is a process that should target individuals and groups and by extension the society at large and should aim towards improving the quality of all aspects of people’s lives, ranging from the economic, the political, the socio-cultural and even the technological. In this direction, this paper examines media and national development, development communication and development reporting, the imperativeness of development news reporting, and the role of the media in fostering development. The paper adopted the theoretical tenets of Development Media Theory, and Agenda-setting Theory to interrogate media and national development. The secondary source of data was employed using journal articles, textbooks and the internet. The paper argued that the media played a double-edged role which may either enhance or derail national development. The paper concludes that the objective of development communication entails the media carrying out development tasks as well as advocating the essence why society should develop. The paper recommends that the media should be socially responsible in carryout development tasks that will foster national development, and such developmental goals should be based on a button-to-top approach.
Co-Authors Aondover Eric Msughter Martha Msoo Hile Sabiu Garba