Adeyanju Apejoye is Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Mass Communication, Plateau State University, Bokkos, Nigeria.AndrewDanjumaDewan is Associate Professor at the Department of Mass Communication, Plateau State University, Bokkos, Nigeria.Seamus Simpson is Professor of Media Policy in the School of Arts, Media and Creative Technology at the University of Salford, UK.

This book is a valuable addition to the growing body of new publications on the Nigerian press. Its strongest qualities are the wide scope in including the history of the press from the precolonial era to the present, the reciprocity in media-government relations, the increasing significance of the new media, and the projected future directions of journalism practice. The book will be useful to mass communication and political science students, scholars, and general readers who want to understand the influence of the press and the journalistic enterprise.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Nigerian News Media and the Journey to the Digital Age Chapter 1. Understanding the History and Character of Nigeria: Colonialism, Post-Colonialism, Ethnicity, Religion and the Evolution of Print Media Chapter 2. The Features of the Nigerian Media and Press System Chapter 3. Understanding New Media Systems: political economy, agenda setting, and news consumption Chapter 4. Setting the News Agenda in Nigeria – the Reporting of ConflictChapter 5. The Internet and the development of online journalism and news commenting in Nigeria Chapter 6. Responding to the news agenda online: commenting, discourse, and discord Chapter 7. Understanding Nigerian Media in the Journey to the Digital Chapter 8. A New Future for Nigerian News Media? References About the AuthorsIndex

Adeyanju Apejoye is Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Mass Communication, Plateau State University, Bokkos, Nigeria.AndrewDanjumaDewan is Associate Professor at the Department of Mass Communication, Plateau State University, Bokkos, Nigeria.Seamus Simpson is Professor of Media Policy in the School of Arts, Media and Creative Technology at the University of Salford, UK.

This book is a valuable addition to the growing body of new publications on the Nigerian press. Its strongest qualities are the wide scope in including the history of the press from the precolonial era to the present, the reciprocity in media-government relations, the increasing significance of the new media, and the projected future directions of journalism practice. The book will be useful to mass communication and political science students, scholars, and general readers who want to understand the influence of the press and the journalistic enterprise.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Nigerian News Media and the Journey to the Digital Age Chapter 1. Understanding the History and Character of Nigeria: Colonialism, Post-Colonialism, Ethnicity, Religion and the Evolution of Print Media Chapter 2. The Features of the Nigerian Media and Press System Chapter 3. Understanding New Media Systems: political economy, agenda setting, and news consumption Chapter 4. Setting the News Agenda in Nigeria – the Reporting of ConflictChapter 5. The Internet and the development of online journalism and news commenting in Nigeria Chapter 6. Responding to the news agenda online: commenting, discourse, and discord Chapter 7. Understanding Nigerian Media in the Journey to the Digital Chapter 8. A New Future for Nigerian News Media? References About the AuthorsIndex

Adeyanju Apejoye is Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Mass Communication, Plateau State University, Bokkos, Nigeria.AndrewDanjumaDewan is Associate Professor at the Department of Mass Communication, Plateau State University, Bokkos, Nigeria.Seamus Simpson is Professor of Media Policy in the School of Arts, Media and Creative Technology at the University of Salford, UK.

This book is a valuable addition to the growing body of new publications on the Nigerian press. Its strongest qualities are the wide scope in including the history of the press from the precolonial era to the present, the reciprocity in media-government relations, the increasing significance of the new media, and the projected future directions of journalism practice. The book will be useful to mass communication and political science students, scholars, and general readers who want to understand the influence of the press and the journalistic enterprise.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Nigerian News Media and the Journey to the Digital Age Chapter 1. Understanding the History and Character of Nigeria: Colonialism, Post-Colonialism, Ethnicity, Religion and the Evolution of Print Media Chapter 2. The Features of the Nigerian Media and Press System Chapter 3. Understanding New Media Systems: political economy, agenda setting, and news consumption Chapter 4. Setting the News Agenda in Nigeria – the Reporting of ConflictChapter 5. The Internet and the development of online journalism and news commenting in Nigeria Chapter 6. Responding to the news agenda online: commenting, discourse, and discord Chapter 7. Understanding Nigerian Media in the Journey to the Digital Chapter 8. A New Future for Nigerian News Media? References About the AuthorsIndex