Practical Perspective: Communicating Science Information in a Science Unfriendly Environment: The Experience of Nigeria  

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Ekanem, Inyang A.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Public Understanding of Science vol. 12 no. 2 (Apr. 2003), page 203-209.
Fulltext: 203PUS122.pdf (36.17KB)

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Nigeria is a vast and varied country with a great deal of activity going on in several spheres including science and technology. Although news and information concerning this area are featured in the local media, there are serious problems involving funding of research establishments by the government and other stakeholders because of a lack of commitment to implement policies drawn up to guide the sector and a not-too-buoyant economy. Consequently, the major obstacle facing those assigned the task of communicating science information in Nigeria is the unfriendly environment in which stakeholders have to operate. Apart from the low literacy level, , media reporting of science news and information is at best confined to the weekly columns that appear irregularly in some national newspapers. Even this negligible event is being threatened by economic considerations that have been found to be capable of overriding editorial judgment. There is a need to make policy-makers and the public understand and appreciate the importance of science to society. This, presumably, would naturally translate to the allocation of more funds and resources for developmental activities in the sector.

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