Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

JMS 308 — Trends and Issues in Journalism and Media Studies

JMS department course · Nigerian universities

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Course contents

Nature of human communication. Historical facts about journalism practice in Nigeria. Trends in newspaper publication due to technology. New channels of mass media and the consequences. Implications of new media for journalism. Citizen journalism. Potentials and threats of new media technologies. Human rights and press freedom.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study JMS 308.

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