Uses and gratifications of news among ethnic groups in Nigeria
Uses and Gratifications (U&G) theory has enjoyed substantial usage for news study among media scholars . Previous studies have also explored news consumption among ethnic groups through the uses and gratifications approach. However, most of this effort has focussed on inter-national ethnic group...
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| author | Saleeman, Ibrahim G. M. Budiman, Adrian Ahmad, Mohd Khairie |
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| description | Uses and Gratifications (U&G) theory has enjoyed substantial usage for news study among media scholars . Previous studies have also explored news consumption among ethnic groups through the uses and gratifications approach. However, most of this effort has focussed on inter-national ethnic groups with little attention on intra-ethnic settings. This study examines the influence of ethnic identity on news motives among the three major ethnic groups in Nigeria.. We also examine the relationship between ethnic identity and gender as predictors of news usage.Survey questionnaires were administered on 400 undergraduates in three universities in Nigeria between January and April, 2014. We use Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) approach to measure the relationships among the variables. Findings show that there is a significant difference among the ethnic groups in news usage |
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| spelling | uum-141572016-04-27T08:49:50Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/14157/ Uses and gratifications of news among ethnic groups in Nigeria Saleeman, Ibrahim G. M. Budiman, Adrian Ahmad, Mohd Khairie P Philology. Linguistics Uses and Gratifications (U&G) theory has enjoyed substantial usage for news study among media scholars . Previous studies have also explored news consumption among ethnic groups through the uses and gratifications approach. However, most of this effort has focussed on inter-national ethnic groups with little attention on intra-ethnic settings. This study examines the influence of ethnic identity on news motives among the three major ethnic groups in Nigeria.. We also examine the relationship between ethnic identity and gender as predictors of news usage.Survey questionnaires were administered on 400 undergraduates in three universities in Nigeria between January and April, 2014. We use Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) approach to measure the relationships among the variables. Findings show that there is a significant difference among the ethnic groups in news usage Mediterranean Center of Social and Educational Research (MCSER) 2015-05 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/14157/1/6393-24730-1-PB.pdf Saleeman, Ibrahim G. and M. Budiman, Adrian and Ahmad, Mohd Khairie (2015) Uses and gratifications of news among ethnic groups in Nigeria. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 6 (3 S1). pp. 178-186. ISSN 2039-9340 http://www.mcser.org/journal/index.php/mjss/article/view/6393 |
| spellingShingle | P Philology. Linguistics Saleeman, Ibrahim G. M. Budiman, Adrian Ahmad, Mohd Khairie Uses and gratifications of news among ethnic groups in Nigeria |
| title | Uses and gratifications of news among ethnic groups in Nigeria |
| title_full | Uses and gratifications of news among ethnic groups in Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Uses and gratifications of news among ethnic groups in Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Uses and gratifications of news among ethnic groups in Nigeria |
| title_short | Uses and gratifications of news among ethnic groups in Nigeria |
| title_sort | uses and gratifications of news among ethnic groups in nigeria |
| topic | P Philology. Linguistics |
| url | https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/14157/1/6393-24730-1-PB.pdf |
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