Journal of Mass Communication & Journalism

The paper aims at understanding two movies rooted in World War II, based on their genre, content, understanding of historical, institutional contexts prevalent in the society during World War II. The details that the paper has aimed at studying pertain to Auschwitz concentration camps. Furthermore, the paper will also try to comprehend the variety of ways in which a film creates meaning. The study takes up a discourse analysis of the two movies- a romantic tragedy Colette and a historical period drama Schindler’s List. What makes it relevant and expedient is the fact that the movies in discussion have both been made out of experiences of the World War and more importantly, Auschwitz (Concentration Camps). This has given a perspective to the analysis and has fittingly created a realm of discussion and discourse on the theme. What is even more significant to note is the fact that both the films are inspired from true events that happened at the concentration camps, in their own time. Colette is inspired from a work of art titled A Girl from Antwerp written by Arnost Lustig, as an autobiographical novel from his experiences in a Nazi Concentration Camp. Lustig was a renowned Czech-Jewish author, and this novel is an important piece of work in the history of Czech literature. Schindler’s List is an American historical period drama, inspired from Thomas Keneally’s novel Schindler’s Ark. The literature is an inspiration from a story of Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who saved the lives of over a thousand Polish-Jewish refugees from frequent genocides at the Nazi concentration camps. The paper aims at studying the content of the two different genres under the same theme and topicality. It aims at coming to an understanding of Auschwitz, the lives therein and the trail it left.

This paper examines the concept of the Islamic Perspective of Human Rights and Freedom of Expression as mentioned in the verses of the Quran. Freedom of expression today is almost exclusively a global phenomenon. Freedom exists in the sense that everyone can freely express his or her opinion as a prerequisite of fundamental human rights. Methodologically, the core differences between the Universal and Islamic understanding of freedom of expression are explained. This paper adopts a content analysis approach and argues that freedom in the Quran is natural, and it supersedes any earthly laws and instructions. Yet what is a human right for the Western world and constitutes a state law can be a crime for others. In Islam, nothing that questions its claims to truth may be publicly expressed. This paper will attempt to offer an analytical approach to confirm Islamic perspective and the innate phenomenon of freedom of expression and human rights.

The study aimed at examining whether or not Nigeria’s foreign policy under former President onathan contributed in improving the image of Nigeria globally. The study adopted the descriptive survey design. A sample size of 399 was derived out of the 348,990 study population using the Taro Yamane. The data collected were presented in tables using frequency table as well as Pearson Product moment correlation coefficient, to test hypothesis. The study reveals that Nigeria's foreign policy over the years has been greatly sabotaged by inconsistencies and ambiguities. The findings also shows that more than external challenges, it is the internal challenges that are dampening Nigeria's attainment of positive international image and national transformation. Some of those challenges include leadership crisis, corruption, insurgency and terrorism amongst others. It was therefore recommended that major reorganization of the Foreign Service such that positions of the Ambassadors and other key positions will no longer be politicized and the government should integrate professional international public relations practitioners in its interaction with the international community in order to effectively boost the global image of the nation.

This paper is based on a survey carried out in 2013 to assess the formative potential of broadcast programs designed to propagate the need for health insurance among citizens in six Northern States of Nigeria from 2007 to 2012. Like many insurance schemes across the world, the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) envisaged contributors to pay into common pools to enable health care providers to attend to the contributors in medical needs by drawing from the pool of funds. This risk-sharing scheme is fathomed to improve resource mobilization and improve equity especially in underdeveloped situations like in Nigeria, where poverty has increased child and maternal mortality and reduced access to good medical care. NHIS media strategy focuses on convincing citizens on the benefits of enrolling in the schemes. The strategy also assists stakeholders to disseminate knowledge of the scheme to potential enrollees, and to ensure mass participation of citizens by ensuring adequate news coverage of NHIS events.