Festus Eribo (East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina)
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Festus Eribo, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Communication
College of Fine Arts and Communication
East Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina 27858 USA
phone: 252-328-6453
e-mail: eribof@mail.ecu.edu
Education
1989 Ph.D., Mass Communications, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1988 Ph.D., Business Administration (Minor), University of Wisconsin-Madison
1987 Certificate in African Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1979 B.A./M.A. Journalism, St. Petersburg State University
1974 Certificate in Russian Language, State University of Voronezh
Academic Employment
Fall 2002-present Professor, East Carolina University, Department of
Communication and Broadcasting.
Fall 1995 - Associate Professor, East Carolina University,
Spring 2003 Department of Communication and Broadcasting.
Fall 1990 - Assistant Professor, East Carolina University,
Spring 1995 Department of Communication.
Spring 1990 Instructor, East Carolina University, Department of
Communication.
Fall 1989 Visiting Assistant Professor, East Carolina University,
Department of English.
Administrative Experience
May & January 2000, December 1999, August 1995 & May 1995
Acting chair, Department of Communication and Broadcasting, East Carolina
University.
Fall 1996-present Coordinator, African Studies (Interdisciplinary),
East Carolina University.
Spring 1998 Director, Summer School on Russian Media, A Study Abroad
Program, St. Petersburg State University/East Carolina
University.
1980-1985 Principal Information Officer, Governor's Office, Bendel
State, Nigeria.
1971-1973 Public Relations Manager, Ribway Group of Companies, Benin
City.
Publications -- Books
Development and Communication in Africa. With Charles Okigbo (Lanham, MD:
Rowman & Littlefield, 2003). Publication in 2003.
Journalism and Mass Communication in Africa: Cameroon. With Enoh Tanjong,
eds. (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books/Rowman & Littlefield, 2002).
In Search of Greatness: Russia's Communications with Africa and the World.
(Westport, Conn: Ablex/Greenwood Publishing Group, 2001).
Press Freedom and Communication in Africa. With William Jong-Ebot, eds.
(Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 1997).
Window on Africa: Democratization and Media Exposure. With Oyeleye Oyediran,
Mulatu Wubneh, and Leo Zonn, eds. (Greenville, NC: Center For International
Programs, East Carolina University, 1993).
-- Articles and Book Chapters
"Deontological Ethics in Cameroon and Nigeria: A Survey of Journalists'
Perceptions of Commitment to Journalism and News Sources." With Enoh
Tanjong and Cornelius B. Pratt. Africa Media Review, 11, Forthcoming.
"Reporting under Civilian and Military Rulers in Africa: Journalists'
Perceptions of Press Freedom and Media Exposure in Cameroon and
Nigeria." With Enoh Tanjong. Ecquid Novi, 19 (2) 1999: 39-55.
"Global News Flow in Africa: Nigerian Media Coverage of International News,
1979-1995." The Western Journal of Black Studies, 23 (3) 1999: 153-162.
"Exploring Reporters' Sensitivity to the Military Regime on a local Nigerian
Setting." African Rural and Urban Studies, 4 (1) 1997: 87-93.
"Cultural Proximity, Topic Emphasis and Sources of Nigerian Media Coverage
of International News." Ecquid Novi, 18, (1997): 264-276.
"Military Interests and Cultural Proximity in the Coverage of Somalia and
Former Yugoslavia by Two Russian Newspapers." With Osa Amienyi.
Southwestern Mass Communication Journal 13 (1997): 1-8.
"Job satisfaction, commitment and perceptions of Nigerian journalists under
military rule." The Western Journal of Black Studies, 20 (1996): 188-194.
"International Media Use By Nigerian Journalists: A Survey." Gazette 58,
(1996): 131-139. (Note: Some of the findings were broadcast worldwide by the
Voice of America).
"Higher Education in Nigeria: Decades of Development and Decline." Issue
XXIV:( 1996): 64-67.
"Pravda's Coverage of Africa, 1990-1992: A Content Analysis." The New Jersey
Journal of Communication, 2, (1994): 55-68.
"Reporting Somalia and Former Yugoslavia in Russian Newspapers." Issue, XXII
(1994): 28-32.
"International Organizations, News Sources, And Africa south of the Sahara:
A Content Analysis of Pravda, Izvestia, Trud, and Selskaya Zhizn, 1979-
1987." The Howard Journal of Communications, 4, (1993): 265-275.
"Coverage of Africa south of the Sahara by Pravda, Izvestia, Trud, and
Selskaya Zhizn, 1979-1987: A Content Analysis." Journalism Quarterly, 70
(1993): 51-57.
"Politics And Media in Russian-sub-Saharan African Relations: An Historical
Perspective." With Stephen Vaughn. Journal of Communication Inquiry, 17,
(1993): 23-35.
"Pravda's Coverage of the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident at the Threshold of
Glasnost." With Gary D. Gaddy. The Howard Journal of Communications 3,
(1992): 242-252.
"The Changing Media in USSR: New Evidence From A Recent Survey." With
Stephen Vaughn and Hayg Oshagan. Gazette, 45, (1990): 189-202.
Chapters: "The Dynamics of the Internet in Nigeria" With Kelly Fudge Albada
In Robins, Melinda B. and Robert L Hilliard eds. Beyond
Boundaries: Cyberspace and Africa, Heinemann (2002).
"Beyond Cameroon: Model Content Analysis from East and West Africa" With
Charles Okigbo, Mary N. Kizito, and Christine Kyayonka. In Eribo, Festus and
Tanjong, Enoh, eds. Journalism and Mass Communication in Africa: Cameroon.,
eds. (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books/Rowman & Littlefield, 2002).
"Introduction" In Eribo, Festus and Tanjong, Enoh, eds. Journalism and Mass
Communication in Africa: Cameroon., eds. (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books/Rowman
& Littlefield, 2002).
"Diamond, Ideology and Power Struggle in Angola: An Analysis of Embattled
Communication." In Prosser, Michael (ed.) Civic Discourse and Discordant
Discourse in Africa. Greenwood Publishing Group (2002). Forthcoming.
"New Media and Development Communication." In Charles Okigbo, and Festus
Eribo eds. Development and Communication in Africa. (Lanham, MD: Rowman &
Littlefield, 2003) Forthcoming.
"Introduction." With Jong-Ebot. In Festus Eribo and William Jong-Ebot, eds.
Press Freedom and Communication in Africa. (Trenton, NJ: Africa World
Press, 1997).
"Internal and External Factors Affecting Press Freedom in Nigeria." In
Festus Eribo and William Jong-Ebot, eds. Press Freedom and Communication in
Africa. (Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 1997).
"The Elusive Press Freedom in Angola." In Festus Eribo and William
Jong-Ebot, eds. Press Freedom and Communication in Africa. (Trenton, NJ:
Africa World Press, 1997).
"Africa: Socio-economic and Media Database." In Festus Eribo and William
Jong-Ebot, eds. Press Freedom and Communication in Africa. (Trenton, NJ:
Africa World Press, 1997).
"Russian Press and Africa: Regionalization and Prioritization of Coverage."
In Eribo, Festus, Oyeleye Oyediran, Mulatu Wubneh, and Leo Zonn,
eds.(Greenville, NC: Center For International Programs, East Carolina
University, 1993).
"Nigerian Media Coverage of International News." With Godwill Ogboghodo. A
book chapter in Volume 1 of Global News Flow Study directed by Professors
Robert L. Stevenson (UNC-Chapel Hill) and Annabelle Sreberny-Mohammadi
(University of Leicester) 2002. Forthcoming.
"A Comparison of Nigerian Media Coverage of International News, 1979-1995."
A book chapter in Volume III of Global News Flow Study directed by
Professors Robert L. Stevenson (UNC-Chapel Hill) and Annabelle
Sreberny-Mohammadi (University of Leicester) 2002. Forthcoming.