Diversity and the media: A curriculum examination and proposal for journalism and mass communication education in Africa. In Onyebadi

This chapter investigated the curricula of journalism and mass communication programs in African universities. Sixty-seven programs in public and private universities located in all regions of the continent were examined. The major findings show that diversity and the media courses were taught in 58...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Satti, Mohamed (author)
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