Public Sphere without Decorum! Reining- in the Media in the Era of Citizen Journalism

Abstract

I feel so delighted to present the first inaugural lecture from the Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, the first in the Department of Mass Communication, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, and the 14th in the University Inaugural lectures series. Today gives me yet another opportunity to share with the world this anecdote that is laced with nostalgic feelings of my numerous years of struggles and striving. Without sounding immodest, I can give myself a warm pat on the back and say to myself “well done, your resilience and determination paid off”. I grew up loving and wishing to study journalism even though I was good in the Sciences. My dad also preferred the Sciences but because he was a teacher, he understood the need not to coerce a child into a program against their wish.