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 |
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| | 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? |
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(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 *
