NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA
UNIVERSITY VILLAGE, PLOT 91 CADASTRAL ZONE
NNAMDI AZIKIWE EXPRESSWAY, JABI, ABUJA
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION
JUNE 2018 Exam
COURSE CODE: JLS 813
COURSE TITLE: MEDIA AND SOCIETY
CREDIT UNIT: 3
TIME: 3 HRS
INSTRUCTION: ANSWER ANY FOUR QUESTIONS
1. The African communication system is believed to be unique in nature, using this assertion, discuss five modes of African communication system and its relevance to the traditional African setting?(171/2 Marks)
2. There are obvious different reasons why social changes are resisted in every society, highlight five of those reasons and vividly discuss their applications with cogent examples in the Nigerian perspective?(171/2 Marks)
3. It is believed that technology has revolutionized communication in the past decades, based on this assumption examine five types of media technology and how it has affected our daily lives in Nigeria?(171/2 Marks)
4. Social institutions are established to tackle some basic problems or needs in the society. Identify and discuss five types of social institutions in Nigeria? (171/2 Marks)
5. The Nigerian Press Council is said to be working through four committees in the discharge of its duties. State and discuss the ‘Modus Operandi’ of those four committees?(171/2 Marks)
6. One of the basic assumptions about the mass media is that, it has influence on peoples’ lives and sometimes changes their beliefs and opinions. Justify five of these facts and ascertain how the mass media influence the Nigerian populace? (171/2 Marks).
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