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  1. Stunted growth: An exploration into the failures of African-language newspapers, Imvo Zabantsundu in focus

    Article • July 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  2. Gamification and Prospects for Increasing Readership of Indigenous Language Newspapers: The <i>Alaroye</i> Model

    Article • Communicare Journal for Communication Studies in Africa, July 2026, University of Johannesburg

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  3. Advocacy Journalism in Nigeria: Alaroye and the Justice Movement for Mohbad

    Article • Journalism and Media, June 2026, MDPI AG

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  4. Reviving Indigenous African Languages With AI

    Article • May 2026, IGI Global

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  5. Examining radio broadcasting policies for multilingualism in South Africa: A study of the SABC’s public radio stations

    Article • Radio Journal International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, April 2026, Intellect

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  6. The challenges and successes of indigenous language newspapers in South Africa

    Article • Communitas, December 2025, University of the Free State

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  7. Aláròyé Newspaper on Digital Platforms: A Study of Audience Experience and Reception

    Article • Journalism and Media, November 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  8. X for Indigenous Languages

    Article • November 2025, IGI Global

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  9. Exploring the Nexus of Opportunities and Challenges in Indigenous Language Podcasting Through Natural Language Processing of User-Generated Content

    Article • Journalism and Media, October 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  10. Online mental health information-seeking behaviour among undergraduate students in Nigerian private universities

    Article • Humanities and Social Sciences Letters, September 2025, Pak Publishing Group

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  11. African films and languages

    Article • Journal of African Cinemas, September 2025, Intellect

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  12. Showcasing Abẹ́òkúta Identity in Tunde Kelani’s “ÀYÌNLÁ” Movie

    Article • Afrika Focus, August 2025, De Gruyter

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  13. Bridging cultural gaps in health communication: Indigenous language as a catalyst for combatting monkeypox in Lagos, Nigeria

    Article • South African Journal of African Languages, July 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  14. Effectiveness of YouTube in the learning and preservation of the Yoruba language in Nigeria

    Article • South African Journal of African Languages, June 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  15. Knowledge of breast cancer risk factors and preferred indigenous language information sources among women in lagos, Nigeria

    Article • International Journal of Innovative Research and Scientific Studies, May 2025, International Journal of Innovative Research and Scientific Studies

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  16. Perspectives of selected Lagos State residents on Nigeria newspapers’ coverage of crime on the gratification of their safety information need

    Article • International Journal of Current Research in the Humanities, April 2025, African Journals Online (AJOL)

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  17. Exploring the role of digital media in the intergenerational transmission of the Igbo language

    Article • South African Journal of African Languages, February 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  18. Wikipedia and indigenous language preservation: analysis of Setswana and Punjabi languages

    Article • Frontiers in Communication, January 2025, Frontiers

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  19. From Airwaves to Farmlands: How Radio Programmes in Indigenous Languages Are Shaping Agricultural Development in North-Central Nigeria

    Article • World, January 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  20. Appraisal of indigenous language risk communication intervention for COVID-19 in Lagos state

    Article • Humanities and Social Sciences Letters, December 2024, Pak Publishing Group

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  21. Strategic Frameworks for the Empowerment of African Languages: Policy, Practice and Prospects

    Article • Forum for Linguistic Studies, December 2024, Bilingual Publishing Co.

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  22. Indigenous languages as predictors of understanding and accepting COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria and South Africa

    Article • Communicare Journal for Communication Studies in Africa, December 2024, University of Johannesburg

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  23. Digital journalism practices at indigenous African language newspapers in Nigeria, South Africa and Zimbabwe

    Article • November 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  24. Indigenous Jingles in Political Messaging

    Article • November 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  25. Introduction

    Article • November 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  26. Marketing Communication in African Languages

    Article • November 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  27. Negative Political Advertising and the Entrenchment of Gender Norms in Indigenous Language Political Communication

    Article • November 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  28. Perceived Influence of Indigenous Languages in Political Advertising during the 2023 General Elections among Residents of Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government, Ogun State, Nigeria

    Article • November 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  29. ‘My Language, My Brand'

    Article • November 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  30. Nexus among indigenous languages, agricultural radio programmes and behavioural change towards agricultural practices in Nigeria

    Article • Heliyon, July 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  31. Preserving and Promoting Indigenous Languages: Social Media Analysis of Punjabi and Setswana Languages

    Article • Journal of Asian and African Studies, April 2024, SAGE Publications

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  32. About Time

    Article • April 2024, IGI Global

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  33. Effectiveness of COVID-19 Risk Communication Messages in Indigenous Languages and the Promotion of Safe Practices in Ondo State, Nigeria

    Article • April 2024, IGI Global

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  34. Sustainability of Select Indigenous-Language Newspapers Through Advertising in Nigeria: Appraising the Success of Alaroye and Aminiya Newspapers

    Article • African Journalism Studies, April 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  35. Preface

    Article • January 2024, AOSIS Open Journals

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  36. Preferred Information Sources and Covid-19 Vaccine Acceptance: A Comparative Analysis of Television vs. Social Media

    Article • Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences (PJLSS), January 2024, Elite Scientific Forum

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  37. Radio and Social Media Convergence: Motsweding FM’s Use of WhatsApp and the African Language Digital Public Sphere

    Article • December 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  38. Press and Politics: Contributions of Sol Plaatje to South African Journalism

    Article • Journal of Asian and African Studies, December 2023, SAGE Publications

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  39. Cultural tourism and indigenous languages: fostering economic development in Polokwane Local Municipality

    Article • International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478), December 2023, Society for the Study of Business and Finance- SSBFNET

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  40. Indigenous Languages, Agricultural Radio Programmes and Behavioural Change Towards Agricultural Practices in Nigeria

    Article • January 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  41. Xhosa/English (Xhoslish) Code-Switching in Radio Health Programming towards Communication for Development and Social Change

    Article • January 2023, Bloomsbury Academic

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  42. Nigerian blogosphere and identity change of women

    Article • Communicare Journal for Communication Studies in Africa, October 2022, University of Johannesburg

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  43. Redressing the Coronavirus Infodemic through Indigenous Yoruba Language Music from Southwest Nigeria

    Article • Journal of African Films & Diaspora Studies, September 2022, Adonis and Abbey Publishers

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  44. Indigenous Knowledge Systems in the 21st Century: Recognising and Harnessing their worth

    Article • South African Review of Sociology, July 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  45. Alternative Media, Repression and the Crisis State: Towards a Political Economy of Alternative Media in Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe

    Article • Journal of Asian and African Studies, June 2022, SAGE Publications

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  46. Technology Innovation and Digital Journalism Practice by Indigenous African-language Newspapers: The Case of uMthunywa in Zimbabwe

    Article • African Journalism Studies, April 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  47. ‘Coronavirus, you are a Stranger,’ Examining Yoruba Indigenous Music in the Quest to Tackle COVID-19 Pandemic

    Article • Journal of African Films & Diaspora Studies, March 2022, Adonis and Abbey Publishers

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  48. Facebook groups as transnational counter public sphere for diasporic communities

    Article • Cogent Arts and Humanities, January 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  49. Community radio acceptance in rural Africa: The nexus of language and cultural affinity

    Article • Information Development, January 2022, SAGE Publications

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  50. Indigenous and Indigenised Yoruba Popular Music

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  51. Introduction: Indigenous African Popular Music

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  52. Mainstreaming Afro-hip-hop Music in Redressing the Spread of Infodemics on COVID-19

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  53. Reeling Nostalgia: ‘Aremote’ and the Enduring Sakara Music in Nigeria

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  54. Reimagining Indigenous Language Hip-Hop for Political Communication: A Thematic Analysis of Pete Pete by 9ice and Asa

    Article • Journal of African Films & Diaspora Studies, December 2021, Adonis and Abbey Publishers

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  55. Indigenous-language Media Research in Africa: Gains, Losses, Towards a New Research Agenda

    Article • African Journalism Studies, November 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  56. Influence of African Indigenous language media in COVID-19 digital health messaging

    Article • Catalan Journal of Communication & Cultural Studies, October 2021, Intellect

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  57. An evaluation of constructive journalism in Zimbabwe: A case study of The Herald’s coverage of the coronavirus pandemic

    Article • Journal of African Media Studies, September 2021, Intellect

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  58. Will there be a Country? A Thematic Analysis of Selected Youtube Videos of Radio Biafra

    Article • Journal of African Films & Diaspora Studies, April 2021, Adonis and Abbey Publishers

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  59. AFRICAN LANGUAGE DIGITAL MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION (2019), by Chikezie E. Uzuegbunam

    Article • Journal of African Media Studies, March 2021, Intellect

    Dr Chikezie E. Uzuegbunam, Professor Abiodun Salawu

  60. African Language Media

    Article • November 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  61. Critical reflections on erotic content in Star FM’s Couples quality time and Ya FM’s Moto mubhurugwa (fire in underwear)

    Article • African Identities, July 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  62. Mainstream English Language Press Journalists’ Perceptions Towards the Indigenous-Language Press in Zimbabwe

    Article • African Journalism Studies, July 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  63. Training for English language or indigenous language media journalism: A decolonial critique of Zimbabwean journalism and media training institutions’ training practices

    Article • Journal of African Media Studies, June 2020, Intellect

    Professor Abiodun Salawu, Dr Albert Chibuwe

  64. Framing of the 2019 Nigerian presidential election in Alaroye Newspaper

    Article • African Renaissance, March 2020, Adonis and Abbey Publishers

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  65. African language use in the digital public sphere: Functionality of the localised Google webpage in Zimbabwe

    Article • South African Journal of African Languages, January 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  66. Handling of Sexually Offensive Expressions on Zimbabwe's Selected Radio Stations

    Article • January 2020, IGI Global

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  67. On Bended Knees: Investigative Journalism and Changing Media Culture in Nigeria

    Article • Media Watch, January 2020, SAGE Publications

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  68. Multilingual broadcasting in post-2000 Zimbabwe: Design, implementation and language parity

    Article • Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, October 2019, Informa UK Limited

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  69. Are radio programmes via indigenous languages the solution? A study of Igbo scholars’ assessment of the effectiveness of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in promoting African languages

    Article • African Renaissance, March 2019, Adonis and Abbey Publishers

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  70. Newspapers’ compliance with the code of election coverage of the 2015 elections and citizens participation : implication for journalism education and professionalism

    Article • African Renaissance, March 2019, Adonis and Abbey Publishers

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  71. A survey of communication media preferred by smallholder farmers in the Gweru District of Zimbabwe

    Article • Journal of Rural Studies, February 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  72. Folk Theatre: a potent vehicle for rural transformation

    Article • Journal of Multicultural Discourses, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Kevin Onyenankeya, Professor Abiodun Salawu

  73. Interrogating the Autonomy of Previously Marginalised Languages in Zimbabwe's Indigenous-Language Press

    Article • Language Matters, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  74. Negotiating water conservation communication through indigenous media

    Article • Communitas, December 2018, University of the Free State

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  75. Partisanship and selective reporting in Nigerian newspapers’ coverage of elections

    Article • African Renaissance, December 2018, Adonis and Abbey Publishers

    Professor Abiodun Salawu, Dr Babatunde Raphael Ojebuyi

  76. Media roles in disseminating strategies for teaching and learning indigenous languages: The case of South Africa’s language-in-education policy in post-apartheid era

    Article • Cogent Arts and Humanities, November 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  77. Linguistic disenfranchisement, minority resistance and language revitalisation: The contributions of ethnolinguistic online communities in Zimbabwe

    Article • Cogent Arts and Humanities, November 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  78. African Language Digital Media and Communication

    Article • October 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  79. Introduction

    Article • October 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  80. Re-examining the indigenous language press in Zimbabwe: Towards developmental communication and language empowerment

    Article • South African Journal of African Languages, September 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  81. Culture of sensationalism and indigenous language press in Zimbabwe: implications on language development

    Article • African Identities, May 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  82. A survey of communication effectiveness by agricultural extension in the Gweru district of Zimbabwe

    Article • Journal of Rural Studies, May 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  83. Interdisciplinarity and Indigenous Language Media: Understanding Language Choices in Zimbabwe’s Media

    Article • Language Matters, January 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  84. Accounting for youth audiences’ resistances to HIV and AIDS messages in the television drama Tsha Tsha in South Africa

    Article • SAHARA-J Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS, January 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  85. Children, media and African development

    Article • SAGE Open, January 2018, SAGE Publications

    Olusola Oyero, Professor Abiodun Salawu

  86. Analysis of news photographs used by Nigerian newspaper to report terror acts

    Article • SAGE Open, January 2018, SAGE Publications

    Dr Babatunde Raphael Ojebuyi, Professor Abiodun Salawu

  87. Exploring Journalism Practice and Perception in Developing Countries

    Article • January 2018, IGI Global

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  88. Bridging Theory and Practice in Entertainment Education: An Assessment of the Conceptualization and Design of Tsha Tsha in South Africa

    Article • SAGE Open, January 2018, SAGE Publications

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  89. Impacts of the Media on African Socio-Economic Development

    Article • January 2017, IGI Global

    Professor Abiodun Salawu, Dr Babatunde Raphael Ojebuyi

  90. PATIENTS’ PERCEPTION OF DOCTOR-PATIENT HEALTH COMMUNICATION IN A RURAL COMMUNITY

    Article • Communitas, January 2017, University of the Free State

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  91. A survey of research foci and paradigms in media and communication Master's dissertations and doctoral theses in South Africa

    Article • Communicatio, January 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  92. Indigenous Language Media and Democracy in Africa

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  93. Indigenous Language Media, Language Politics and Democracy in Africa

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  94. Introduction: Language, Structure and Agency: Optimising Media Diversity in Africa Using the Indigenous Languages

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  95. NotIwe IrohinbutUmshumayeli: A revisit of the historiography of the early African language press

    Article • African Identities, February 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  96. A political economy of sub-Saharan African language press: the case of Nigeria and South Africa

    Article • Review of African Political Economy, February 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  97. Language policy, ideologies, power and the Ethiopian media

    Article • Communicatio, January 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  98. A political economy of African language press: Towards a management typology

    Article • Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies, January 2015, Intellect

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  99. Where Lies the Answer? HIV/AIDS Prevention Campaign and the Rising Prevalence in South Africa

    Article • Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, November 2014, Richtmann Publishing

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  100. A Tale of Failure: Indigenous Language Radio Broadcasting in Zimbabwe

    Article • Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, September 2014, Richtmann Publishing

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  101. Contributions of HIV/AIDS Social Networking Sites towards Awareness and Prevention of the Pandemic among Students of Rhodes University, South Africa

    Article • Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, April 2014, Richtmann Publishing

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  102. A Study of the Poverty Alleviation Communication Practices of the German Agro Action in Gokwe South Rural District of Zimbabwe

    Article • Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, November 2013, Richtmann Publishing

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  103. Access, local language and public sphere: Phone-in R/TV programme as a platform for citizen journalism in a Nigerian election

    Article • Telematics and Informatics, August 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  104. Communication and media studies in South Africa: Observations, impressions and remarks

    Article • Journal of African Media Studies, March 2013, Intellect

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  105. Investigating the use of social networking sites and their implications for HIV/Aids communication amongst Rhodes University students

    Article • Communicatio, April 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  106. The paradigm of ethical development for civilized leadership in Africa

    Article • Leadership, January 2012, SAGE Publications

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  107. A network of tongues: African languages, multilingualism and global communication

    Article • South African Journal of African Languages, January 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  108. The growth and development of African media studies: perspectives from Nigeria

    Article • Journal of African Media Studies, January 2009, Intellect

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  109. The Intrinsic Value of Oramedia for Development

    Article • Humanities Review Journal, November 2008, African Journals Online (AJOL)

    Professor Abiodun Salawu

  110. Indigenous Language Media: A Veritable Tool for African Language Learning

    Article • Journal of Multicultural Discourses, July 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Abiodun Salawu