ACCE CONFERENCE 2009

 

FINAL DRAFT PROGRAMME

	Day 1 – Tuesday, 11 August 2009
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.	Registration
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.	FORMAL OPENING Theme: Communication Education and Practice in Africa - A Social Contract for the 21st Century?
	Welcome Remarks				Dr Audrey Gadzekpo, Acting Director, School of Communication Studies, University of Ghana (Legon)
	Chairperson's Opening Remarks				To be confirmed
	The Founding Values and Mission of ACCE				Prof Alex Quarmyne Former UNESCO Regional Communication Adviser for Africa Founding ACCE Member
	The Challenges of a Social Contract Perspective in Communication Education and Practice in Africa				Prof Kwame Karikari, Executive Director Media Foundation for West Africa
	ACCE – Offering Leadership and Transformation with a Social Contract for the 21st Century				Prof Alfred Opubor, Coordinator Communication for Education and Development (Cotonou) Founding ACCE Member
	Official Opening Address				His Excellency, Mr John Mahama [To be confirmed] Vice-President of the Republic of Ghana
	Chairperson's Closing Remarks
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.	Break
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.	PLENARY 1 – COMMUNICATION AND DEMOCRACY
	Prof Abah Adebayo	USA (Washington  & Lee)			Global Enough to be Local? Nigerian Media & Non-governmental Entities of Power
	Dr Audrey Gadzekpo	Ghana (Legon)			The Media and Ghanaian Elections: Peace-brokers, War-mongers and Information-Providers
	Mr Zvenyika Eckson Mugari	Zimbabwe (Gweru)			Media Structure to Prosper Despotism in Perpetuity: The Statics and Dynamics of Zimbabwe Mediascapes since 2000
	Mr Simon Kimani Rugu	Kenya (Journalists' Association)			Media & Democratic Governance in Africa
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.	Lunch
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.	PANEL		PANEL	PANEL		PANEL
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.	Break
4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.	PANEL		PANEL	PANEL		PANEL

 

	Day 2 – Wednesday, 12 August 2009
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.	PLENARY 2 – COMMUNICATION THEORY
	Dr Victor Ayedun-Aluma	Nigeria (Lagos)	Theorizing Community Media in Africa
	Dr Hopeton Dunn	Jamaica	Engendering a Techno-Cultural Economy: Opportunities & Challenges for the Global South
	Prof Richard Tamba M'Bayo	Nigeria (Adamawa)	Intellectual Poverty & Theory Building in African Mass Communication Research
	Prof Cornelius Pratt & Prof Thomas L Jacobson	USA (Temple)	Jurgen Habermas' Theory of Communicative Action: A Field Guide to Population Management in Africa
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.	Break
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.	PLENARY 3 – PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING & STANDARDS
	Prof Fackson Banda	South Africa (Rhodes)	[Title to be confirmed]
	Ms Wilna Quarmyne	Ghana (GCRN)	Training for Empowerment:  Community Radio - A Different Kind of Radio, A Different Kind of Professional
	Mr Terje Skjerdal	Norway	Professional dilemmas for Ethiopian state media journalists
	Dr Herman Wasserman	UK (Sheffield) & South Africa (Stellenbosch)	Often they cry with the people: The professional identities of South African tabloid journalists
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.	Lunch BOOK LAUNCH
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.	PANEL	PANEL	PANEL	PANEL
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.	Break
4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.	PANEL	PANEL	PANEL	PANEL

 

	Day 3 – Thursday, 13 August 2009 ACCE BUSINESS DAY
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.	PLENARY 1 – GETTING PUBLISHED IN THE AFRICA MEDIA REVIEW:  PROCESSES AND PROSPECTS
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.	Break
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.	PLENARY 2 – BUILDING THE FUTURE OF ACCE Prof Cecil Blake (Chair), Mr Des Wilson (Rapporteur) Panelists - Ms Alexina Arthur, Former President, ACCE; others to be confirmed.
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.	Lunch
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.	ACCE Organizational Matters – Elections or Formation of Interim Co-ordinating Committee
3:30 p.m.	Free
7:00 p.m.	Dinner FORMAL CLOSING

 

(1)  COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE & CULTURE – Panel A
1.		Akanmu, Dayo &	Nigeria (Lagos)	An Assessment of the Communicative Potentialities of Iyaalu (Yoruba Mother Drum) as an Example of Community Communication
		Fowowe, Simeon Sunday
2.	Mr	Jimo, Jide Peter	Nigeria (Lagos)	Transculturation Trends in Africa: A Study of Hip-Hop Music in Yoruba Language South-West Nigeria
3.	Mr	Nura, Ibrahim	Nigeria (Kano)	A semiotic analysis of Posters use in Hausa Cultural environment of Northern Nigeria
4.	Mr	Bolaji, Ezekiel	Nigeria (Lagos)	Communication, Language & Culture: A Study of Yoruba Semiotics
(2)  COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE & CULTURE – Panel B
1.	Mr	Daka, Mike	Zambia	Multi-lingual Broadcasting Policy of Breeze FM
2.	Ms	Mensah, Joyce	Ghana (Winneba)	The Soap Opera, Mass Culture & Education in Ghana: Urban Youth Perception of Sunset Beach & Sun City Soaps
3.	Mr	Onobe, Melchizeded James	Nigeria (Nasarawa)	Mass Media, Mass Disorientation & the Dilemma of African Culture & Identity in a Contrived Global Village
4.	Mr	Okorie, Nelson	Nigeria (Ogun)	Nollywood & Its Cultural Effect on African Development

 

(3)  COMMUNICATION & GENDER
1.	Dr	Ashong, Ashong C.	Nigeria (Akwa Ibom)	Gender Representation in Communication Education & Practice in Nigeria: A 21st Century Agenda
2.	Mr	Batta, Herbert E.	Nigeria (Uyo)	Gender Representation in Communication Education & Practice in Nigeria: A 21st Century Agenda [Note Papers 1 & 2 under Communication & Gender have the same title.]
3.	Dr	Kalupa. Frank	USA (Virginia)	Women in Public Relations Roles Impacting Professionalization in Africa
4.	Mr	Ganiyu, Mudathir	Nigeria	Portrayal of Women in Nigerian Home Video Films: A Content Analysis of Selected Nigerian Home Video
5.	Mr	Ndikumana, Nestor	Burundi	[Title to be confirmed.]

 

 

 

(4)  COMMUNICATION & DEMOCRACY
1.	Mr	Larweh, Kofi	Ghana (GCRN)	Community Radio & the Elections in Ghana, with a Focus on the Tain Elections
	Mr	Adu-Agyarko, Pinsang
2.	Prof	Mutere, Absalom	Ghana	Accounting for Media Election Behaviour Empirically by Monitoring
3.	Dr	Ogwezzy, Abigail Odozi	Nigeria (Lagos)	Media Coverage of 2007 General Elections in Nigeria: A Score Card
4.	Mr	Olawuyi, Ebenezer Adebisi	Nigeria (Ibadan)	African Media & the Pursuit of Good Governance
5.		Utulu, Anthony U.	Nigeria (Osun)	Between Public Opinion & Media Agenda of Political Issues in Nigeria

 

(5)  COMMUNICATION & GLOBALIZATION
1.	Prof	Abraham, Linus	Ghana (Legon)	Identity, Race and Cultural Citizenship in Cyberspace: The Case of Somalis in Minnesota
2.	Dr	Ekeanyanwu, Nnamdi Tobechukwu	Nigeria (Ogun)	Indigenous Cultures, Communication & ICT in a Globalized World: The  Nigerian Experience
3.		Johnson, Agbo Uchechukwu	Nigeria (Zaria)	Globalization, Democratization & the New Media in Africa: Drawing Lessons from the Democratic Experiences of Kenya, Nigeria, Zimbabwe & Ghana
4.				[To be confirmed]

 

 

 

 

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(6)  COMMUNICATION & DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES – Panel A (Health)
1.	Ms	Eduful, Tina	Ghana (Sch.All.Hea.)	Effective Communication: A Determinant of Patients' Satisfaction
2.	Mr	Nwodu, Levi Chinaka	Nigeria (Enugu)	An Exploration of Medical Doctors' Knowledge & Application of Public Relations in Medical Practice: Implications for Effective health service delivery in Nigeria
3.	Mr	Ogbemi, Ogbiten Brickins	Nigeria (Delta)	Youths' Perception of Radio Campaign against HIV/AIDS in Edo State Nigeria
4.	Mrs	Onekutu, Patience &	Nigeria (Ibadan)	Communication & Adherence to Art: Perspectives from Clients & Health Professionals in Public Funded Treatment Sites
	Dr	Ojebode, Ayobami
5.	Mrs	Umuze, Nkechi Anthonia	Nigeria (Ogwashi-uku)	The Effects of Communication in Creating Awareness on Fake Drugs
(7)  COMMUNICATION & DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES – Panel B (Health)
6.	Miss	Akinwumi, Adenike Olapeju	Nigeria (Osun)	The Traditional Approach to the Mobilization Campaign against Polio in Osun State, Nigeria
7.	Mr	Isika, Gideon Udechukwu &	Nigeria (Delta)	Identifying Consensual Validity in Media Campaigns against Cigarette Smoking: A Cross Cultural Perspective
	Mr	Assay, Benjamin Enahoro
8.	Mr	Obukoadata, Ogheneruke Presly	Nigeria (Delta)	Inherent Polysemy in Communicating Health Information in Nigeria: Analysis of HIV/AIDS Messages
9.		Sanda, Hajara Umar	Nigeria (Kano)	Communication & Health: An Analysis of Traditional & Modern Mass Media In Health Promotions in North West Nigeria

 

 

 

 

(8)  COMMUNICATION & DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES – Panel C (Mixed Development Challenges)
1.	Prof	Dandaura, Emmanuel Samu	Nigeria (Nasarawa)	Direct Media & Community Participation in Environmental Protection in Nigeria
2.	Dr	Gambo, Danjuma I-Mets	Nigeria (Maiduguri)	Communication & Poverty Alleviation in Nigeria: The Last 20 Years & the Next
3.		Kayode, Olujimi	Nigeria (Lagos)	Newspaper Coverage of Development Issues in Nigeria
		Adeniran, Raheemah &
		Akashoro, Olalekan
4.	Ms	Igbinoba Osarieme, Angela &	Nigeria (Kaduna)	Coverage of Sexuality Issues in the Nigerian Print Media
	Dr	Tobechukwu,  Nnamdi Ekeanyanwu	(Ota Ogun)
5.	Dr	Olatunji, Rotimi Williams	Nigeria (Lagos)	Role of Print Media in Anti Child Trafficking Awareness Campaign in Nigeria

 

(9)  COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS
1.	Dr	Bundekaan, Gabriel	Nigeria (Benue)	Folk Media and the Development of Africa in the 21st Century: Prospects & Challenges
2.	Mr	Nduhura, Dominique	Rwanda	Enhancing Community Journalism in Rwanda. Lessons Learnt from Ibanga Newspaper
3.	Mrs	Oziwele, Patience Eloho	Nigeria (Delta)	Rural Community Communication System & Its Relevance in the 21st Century in Africa
4.		Imoh, Grade Oshephiyor	Nigeria (Delta)	Development Communication & Dependency Relationship in Africa Rural Development: Need for a Paradigm Shift

 

 

(10)  ICTS AND NEW MEDIA – Panel A
1.	Prof	Berger, Guy	South Africa (Rhodes)			Social Networking and African Journalists: A Social Capital Perspective on Highway Africa as the Continent's Largest Annual Gathering of African Media Practitioners
2.	Mr	Nweke, Remy Chuku	Nigeria (Newspaper)			ICTs & the New Media (A Nigerian Perspective)
3.	Ms	Ohiagu, Obiageli Pauline	Nigeria (Port Harct)			The Internet: 21st Century Medium of Communication for Public Relations & Advertising Practice in Nigeria
4.	Mr	Olise, Festus Prosper	Nigeria (Delta)			ICTs as the Nexus between the Knowledge Society & Ongoing Mediamorphosis: Africa at a Crossroad
5.	Dr	Wilcox, Onimi		USA (A & M)		ICT: A Catalyst in Revolutionizing Health Care & Policy Decisions in Africa
(11)  ICTS AND NEW MEDIA – Panel B
5.		Adekunle, Suraj Jamiu Olunifesi	Nigeria (Lagos)		The Implication of e-mail as a mean of Organizational Communication
6.	Prof	Alozie, Emmanuel C.	USA (Greensboro)		[Electronic financial fraud in the era of information & global economy: A structural analysis of advance fee solicitation through email]
7.	Dr	Obijiofor, Levi	Australia (Queensland)		Perceptions & use of Internet & email technologies by Nigerian university undergraduate students
8.	Dr	Omenugha, Kate Azuka	Nigeria (Anambra)		Nigerian students' use of information technologies: a blessing or a curse?

 

 

(12)  CLASSROOM-WORKPLACE – A DIALOGUE
1.	Mr	Aggrey, Kwesi	Ghana (Winneba)	Research as the basis for public relations practice: A comparative look at its usage in public & private enterprises in Ghana
2.	Mrs	Atofojomo, Omolade Atinuke	Nigeria (Lagos)	Educational Television & Broadcast Policy, the Nigerian Example
3.	Dr	Akpabio, Eno	Botswana	Service Learning: Viewpoints of Students & Beneficiaries
4.	Dr	Gorpe, Serra	Turkey (IstanbuI U)	Teaching Public Relations Campaigns Course Effectively: Students' & Academic Perspectives
5.	Dr	Uyo, O. Adidi &	Nigeria (Lagos)	What's in Mass Communication Education in Nigeria for Children?: An Evaluation of UNILAG's Mass Communication Curriculum
	Dr	Abigail Odozi

 

(13)  PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING & STANDARDS
1.	Dr	Araka, Jeremire M.	Tanzania	The Relationship of Information-sharing to Effective Communication at the University of Dar es Salaam
2.	Dr	Amadi, Fred Azub	Nigeria (Port Harcourt)	Broadening Mass Communication Research for Enhanced Media Practice
3.	Prof	M'Bayo, Richard Tamba,	Nigeria (Adamawa)	Multimodal Discourse & Paradigm Shift in Mass Communication Training
		Oloruntola, Sunday &	(Lagos)
		Ifeoma, Amobi	(Lagos)
4.	Dr	Pate, Umaru A.	Nigeria (Maiduguri)	Strengthening Media Capacity for Investigative Journalism through Institutions' Based Curriculum in Nigeria
5.	Mr	Wilson, Joseph &	Nigeria (Maiduguri)	Challenges of Adopting ICTs for Communication  Training/Professional Development in Nigeria: A case study of University of Maiduguri & Nigerian Union of Journalists, Borno State Chapter
	Mr	Gapsiso, Nuhu

 

(14)  COMMUNICATION ETHICS
1.	Mrs	Omoloso, Aisha	Nigeria (Kwara)	Nigerian Journalists' Perception of Ethical Concerns in Media Agenda-Setting
2.	Prof	White, Robert A.	Tanzania	Teaching Media Ethics in African Contexts: Finding a foundation in African values
3.	Prof	Karikari, Kwame	Ghana (MFWA)	A Case Study of Ethics in Ghana
4.				[To be confirmed]

 

 

 

(15)  COMMUNICATION AND CONFLICT
1.	Prof	Wolo, James	Liberia (UNMIL)	Media and Conflict: The Role of Community Communications in Conflict-resolution
2.	Mrs	Yakubu, Afi	Ghana (FOSDA)	[Title to be confirmed]
3.	Prof	Yankah, Kwesi	Ghana (Legon)	[Title to be confirmed]

 

 

(16) GRADUATE STUDIES FORUM (Co-ordinator: Professor Alfred Opubor)

Participation by subscription on the conference website – www.acceaccra2009.org – or at the Conference,

 

POTENTIAL WORKSHOPS AND PANELS

(Pending Conference Participant Interest)

 

*  WORKSHOP ON ICT JOURNALISM & BLOGGING  *

 

*  COMMUNICATION, PUBLIC SERVICE AND THE MARKET  *

 

* YOUNG PROFESSIONALS' FORUM *