In Nigerian Media Industries in the Era of Globalization, editor, Unwana Samuel Akpan provides a timely collection of relevant and key, well-informed contributions on the Nigerian media industries in a changing media landscape. This collection assembles both media professionals and professors of media practice and theory to address how the Nigerian media industry has changed in a globalized world. The chapters apply scholarship, research, and industry experience to modern media narratives as well as a blend of Nigerian cultural concepts and idioms of communication. The contributors provide a history of the Nigerian media industry, examinations of media law, concerns of fake news in relation to elections, changes in journalism, broadcasting, and sports media, and conclusions on how the media has changed in digital spaces. This book is essential for media scholars and media professionals who are interested in the growth and survival of the Nigerian media in the era of globalization.

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In this book, media professionals and scholars of media studies examine how the Nigerian media industry has changed in the era of globalization and digitization. They provide history on the Nigerian media industry and examine changes in media law, journalism, broadcasting, sports media, and digital news.

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ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgementsSection I: Nigerian Media Structure, Nature, and PracticeChapter 1: Evolving Media Content: Past, Present, and Future Strategic OpportunitiesUnwana Samuel AkpanChapter 2: The Structure and Nature of the Nigerian Media IndustryNgozi OkparaChapter 3: Media Law, Regulation, and Digital SpaceNasir Danladi BakoChapter 4: Nigerian Media Industry Business Imperatives in a Hyper-Connected EcologyAbigail O. Ogwezzy-Ndisika, Kelechi Okechukwu Amakoh, Olubunmi A. Ajibade, Teslim O. Lawal, and Babatunde A. FaustinoChapter 5: Fake News and General Elections in Nigeria: Fighting the Canary in the Digital Coal MineAbigail O. Ogwezzy-Ndisika, Kelechi Okechukwu Amakoh, Olubunmi A. Ajibade, Teslim O. Lawal, and Babatunde A. FaustinoSection II: JournalismChapter 6: Nigerian Journalism: Metamorphosing from the Traditional Media Realm into the Digital Space, Challenges and ProspectsRay Ekpu, Shamusi Olarenwaju Tiamiyu, Azuh ArinzeSection III: Production and PresentationChapter 7: Broadcast Media Content in the Era of Digitization and Globalization Unwana Samuel AkpanChapter 8: From Analog To Digital: What would Change in Broadcast Management in the Era of GlobalizationKingsley Uranta, Chukwudi Okolie-Ugbaja, Engr. Ajibola AbiolaChapter 9: The Place of Presentation Training for Broadcast Quality in the Era of Digitization and GlobalizationBimbo OloyedeChapter 10: Nigerian Voiceover Artistes in the Market Place of Digital Media: Challenges and ProspectsFemi SowooluChapter 11: Broadcast News Production and Presentation Skills in the Digital Era, Challenges and ProspectsIjeoma OnyeatorSection IV: Nigerianism in the Digital SpaceChapter 12: How Nigerian Media Contents Affect the Social Identity Formation and Information Sourcing of Second Generation Nigerians in the United States of AmericaUnwana Samuel AkpanChapter 13: Relevance of Traditional Communication Systems in the Digital SpaceDes WilsonSection V: Communicating Health in the Nigerian Digital SpaceChapter 14: Communicating Health Information to the Rural Nigerian in the Digital AgeOlumuyiwa OdusanyaSection VI: Theory, Research, and PracticeChapter 15: Educational Broadcasting in Nigerian Digital SpaceComfort Memfin EkpoChapter 16: The Relevance of Theories in the Development of the Nigerian Media Industries in the Era of Digitization and Globalization Joseph WilsonChapter 17: Media Templates and the Relevance of Research in the Digital EraGrace NwagbaraSection VII: Sports Communication, Corporate Communication, and RoboticsChapter 18: Technology for Peace Building in North East Nigeria: Harnessing Precision of Collaborative Robotics and Artificial IntelligenceUmaru A. Pate and Joseph Wilson Chapter 19: Nigerian Sports Media and Globalization: Mining Sports for Competitive EdgeChuka OnwumechiliChapter 20: Exploring Digital Options in Information Dissemination for External and Internal Publics in OrganizationsIniobong Courage Nda and Aniebo SamsonIndexAbout the Contributors

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