Media Scholars To Assess Media Role in Governance
Hundreds of media scholars and professionals will from tomorrow in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State capital will again converge in the FCT to re-examine the role of the media and citizens in promoting accountability and peace in the society.
This will be at the annual conference and general meeting of the Association of Communication Scholars and Professionals of Nigeria (ACSPN) taking place on Wednesday September 1 and Thursday September 2, 2021 at the Rivers State University, Port-Harcourt with the theme: ‘Media and Citizens Participation in Governance for Accountability and Peace in the Society’.
Dr. Jossy Nkwocha (FNIPR) , Group Head Corporate Communications of Indorama Eleme Petrochemicals and Fertilizer Ltd, will in line with the theme, deliver the keynote address on ‘The Role of the Media in Accountable Government and Peace in the Society on the first day.
There will also be a special panel session on: The Media are not dead? Are the Canons Shifting’ at which the main speaker will be Dr. Lasisi Olagunju, the Editor of Saturday Tribune while the lead discussant is Dr. Chido Onumah, Coordinator African Centre for Media and Information Literacy and Vice President North Central of ACSPN. The other panelists include Pastor Paulinus Niram, Commissioner for Information and Communication, Rivers State, Dr. Edith Ohaja of the University of Nigeria Nsukka and Dr. Ahmad Shehu, American University of Nigeria, Yola.
A major highlight of the first day of the conference is the public launch of ACSPN’s ground breaking book: ‘Knowledge Societies – Artificial Intelligence and the Media’. Other ACSPN latest publications will also be presented.
