A new book titled “Media Language and Ideologies” will on Wednesday, March 30, be presented to the public at the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ), Lagos.
The book written by Dr. Dele Omojuyigbe, Former Head of General Studies Department of the Institute.
The author in an interview said the book is meant to call journalists to their duties on how they can help equip the society better with stories they write.
Omojuyigbe, explained that the book dwells on how different ideologies, people, events and issues are represented in the media, adding that it also addresses the issue of meaning in reports and examines the question of neutrality in news presentation.
“The book investigates the social relations between reporters and their audience to discover whether the manner of report-presentation enhances information flow or sometimes confuses news consumers”
He said the book also attempts to establish the kind of relationship formed between news writers and news consumers through report delivery.
The author also investigates the language of print and broadcast media to highlight their similarities and differences, and establish whether the differences are germane to the understanding of messages or not.
