History and the Press: A Case Study of Australia and Nigeria

The circumstances of birth and the political setting contribute significantly to the nature, roles and effectiveness of a mass medium. The birth of the Nigerian press, in an era of contentious colonial rule and heightened missionary activity, for example, produced newspapers that were essentially a...

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Main Author: Ndaeyo Uko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: James Cook University 2002-10-01
Series:eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics
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Online Access:https://journals.jcu.edu.au/etropic/article/view/3449/3387