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1 Curriculum Vitae: Prof A Salawu 1. General Information Title, name and surname: Professor Abiodun Salawu Date of birth: 25/12/1967 Citizenship: Nigerian Professional registrations: ACCE, Sacomm, NIPR, ICA, Sanef, TAEF, IAMCR etc. 2. Contact Details Organisation where based: North-West University, Mafikeng Campus Faculty or School: Human and Social Sciences Work telephone number: Work fax number: Cellphone number: address: Abiodun.salawu@nwu.ac.za Website address: Work postal address: Private Bag X2046, Mmabatho 2375 Work physical address: Cnr Albert Luthuli/University Drive, Mmabatho Qualifications Qualification type: PHD Field of study: Communication Institution: University of Ibada Year obtained: 2001 Qualification type: MSc Field of study: Mass Communication Institution: University of Lagos Year obtained: Qualification type: PGD Field of study: Mass Communication Institution: University of Lagos Year obtained: 1992 Qualification type BA (Hons) Field of Study English Studies Institution Obafemi Awolowo University Year obtained 1989

2 4. Employment History Position Organisation Appointed from to: Professor North-West University April Mazisi Kunene Chair University of KwaZulu-Natal March 2013 Professor University of Fort Hare March 2009 February 2013 Senior Lecturer Ajayi Crowther University November Lecturer University of Lagos August Lecturer The Polytechnic, Ibadan July 1996 August 2006 Journalist A number of print media organisations in Nigeria Research Expertise Scientific Domain Communication and Media Studies Main Research Field Journalism, Media and Communication Fields of specialisation Indigenous Language Media, Development Communication NRF rating and year rated C3, Publications International Salawu A. and M.B. Chibita (Eds.) Indigenous Language Media, Language Politics and Democracy in Africa. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN: Chibita, M.B. and A. Salawu Introduction: Language, Structure and Agency: Optimising Media Diversity in Africa Using the Indigenous Languages. In Salawu A. and M.B. Chibita (Eds.). Indigenous Language Media, Language Politics and Democracy in Africa. London: Palgrave Macmillan. Pp ISBN: Salawu, A Indigenous Language Media and Democracy in Africa. In Salawu A. and M.B. Chibita (Eds.). Indigenous Language Media, Language Politics and Democracy in Africa. London: Palgrave Macmillan. Pp ISBN: Omotosho, Y., O. Oyero and A. Salawu Children s Programmes on Nigerian Television Stations: A Case of Media Neglect. e-bangi: Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 10 (1): Ojebuyi, B.R. and A. Salawu Media Literacy, Access and Political Participation among South African Black Youth: A Study of North-West University, Mafikeng Campus. Journal of Communication 6(1): Ojebuyi, B.R. and A. Salawu Decongesting the

3 Dodgy Hub: The Role of Mass Media in Curtailing Illicit Drug Trafficking and Use in Nigeria. Journal of Communication 6(1): Salawu, A Oramedia as a Vehicle for Development in Africa: The Imperative for the Ethical Paradigm of Development. Journal of Sociology and Social Anthropology, 6 (2): Salawu, A A political economy of African language press: towards a management typology. Journal of Applied Journalism and Media Studies 4(1): DOI: /ajms _1 Salawu, A Not Iwe Irohin but Umshumayeli: A revisit of the historiography of the early African language press. African Identities, DOI: / (Available at Salawu, A A political economy of sub-saharan African language press: the case of Nigeria and South Africa. Review of African Political Economy, DOI: / (Available at Mpofu, N. and A. Salawu I do not know how alcohol can make one get HIV infected : Perceptions of HIV/AIDS communication by young women in Eastern Cape, South Africa. African Communication Research, 7(1): Mpofu, N. and A. Salawu HIV/AIDS Communication in South Africa: A reflection on the experiences of female high school students in Amathole District in the Eastern Cape Province. Journal of Social Development in Africa, 29(4): Oyero, O. and A. Salawu A thematic analysis of children s food commercials on Nigerian TV stations. Journal of Communication, 5(2): Moqasa, NA and A. Salawu An examination of the language use of selected South African newspapers for reporting HIV/AIDS. Journal of Communication (ISSN X), 4(2): Available online at Salawu, A Bilingual Journalism Education in China and Nigeria: A Case of Two Opposites. Covenant Journal of Communication, 1(1): Available at Salawu, A Communication and Media Studies in South Africa: Observations, Impressions and Remarks. Journal of African Media Studies, 5(1):

4 Salawu, A Recall of Politics of Identity in the Narratives of the Nigerian Press. Journal of Communication (ISSN X), 4(1): Available online at Salawu, A Access, local language and public sphere: Phone-in R/TV programme as a platform for citizen journalism in a Nigerian election. Telematics and Informatics, 30: Salawu, A The Paradigm of Ethical Development for Civilised Leadership in Africa. Leadership, 8.1: Salawu, A Some preliminary findings concerning the non-existence of newspapers in the minority languages of Nigeria. Studies of Tribes and Tribals (ISSN X), Vol. 10, No. 1. Pp Salawu, A Citizen Journalism Off-line: The (Nigerian) Punch s Model. Communication Studies (Estudos em Communicao) no. 9, Available at Salawu, A. (2011). Breaking the culture of mute sensation: Female expression of power in sexual contest with men in Yoruba newspapers. Journal of Social Sciences, 27(1): Salawu, A Talking in African tongues. In Berger, G (Ed.) Media in Africa: Twenty Year After the Windhoek Declaration on Press Freedom. Windhoek: MISA. Pp Salawu, A Evaluation of Development Communication Content of Yoruba Newspapers: Communicating Development in People s Language (ISBN ). Germany: LAP La National Salawu, A., O. Oyero, M. Moyo and R. Moyo A Survey of Research Foci and Paradigms in Media and Communication Master s Dissertations and Doctoral Theses in South Africa. Communicatio, 42 (1): DOI: / Salawu, A. and A. Aseres Language policy, ideologies, power and the Ethiopian media. Communicatio, 41(1): DOI: / Salawu, A Stunted growth: an exploration into the failures of African language newspapers, Imvo Zabantsundu in focus. Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies, 34(2):

5 Mpofu, N. and A. Salawu Investigating the use of social networking sites and their implications for HIV/AIDS Communication amongst Rhodes University students. Communicatio 38(1): Salawu, A. (2010). Institutionalising African Language Journalism Studies. Rhodes Journalism Review (Focus on FAME), 30: 7. Salawu, A. (2010). A network of tongues: African languages, multilingualism and global communication. South African Journal of African Languages, 30(1) : Papers delivered (in the last five years) International Theorising African Language Media as Alternative Media. Paper presented at the Media Activism Research Conference. Lakehead University, Orillia, Canada. May 12 15, Pornography and Gender Contest in Yoruba Newspapers. Paper presented at the international symposium on Communication and Gender: Prostitution and Symbolic Prostitutions in the Media. Universidade de Santiago de Compostella, Spain. March 3 4, 2016 Toward the development and sustainability of indigenous language media in Africa. Paper presented at the International Academic Workshop News Media Development and Sustainability in Africa. University of Neuchatel, Switzerland. October 22 23, Community Media in South Africa. A presentation made at the plenary of 10th OurMedia Conference. University of Goroka, Goroka Papua New Guinea. July 21 25, Indigenous Language Media Training for Community Media. University of Goroka, Papua New Guinea. September 17, Globalisation and Media. Uganda Christian University, Mukono, Uganda. October 28, Playing Out Agenda Politics in the Nigerian Online News Media. Paper presented at the Inaugural Conference of VoxPol: Network of Excellence for Research in Violent Online Political Extremism. King s College London. August 28 29, Language policy, ideologies, power and the Ethiopian media. Paper presented at the 36th LAUD

6 Symposium. Universitat Koblenz-Landau, Germany. March 31 April 3, Oramedia as a vehicle for development communication in Africa: the imperative for ethical paradigm. Paper presented at the Boutique Conference: Beyond the Impasse: Exploring New Thinking in Communication & Social Change. The Centre for Communication and Social Change, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. January 29 31, Not Iwe Irohin but Umshumayeli: A revisit of the historiography of the early African language press. Paper presented at the 62nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association. Phoenix, Arizona, USA. May 24 27, A Political Economy of African Language Press: Towards a Management Typology. Paper presented at the Conference Media and Media Practices in Minority and Competitive Contexts: From Local to Global. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. May 10 12, Stunted growth: An exploration into the failures of African language newspapers, Imvo Zabantsundu in focus. Paper presented at the LANCOMM International Conference of the School of Communication and Language Studies of the Kuala Lumpur Infrastructure University College. Palm Garden Hotel, IOI Resort, Putrajaya, Malaysia. October 19 20, National Reality TV, Big Brother Africa and the question of Identity: An Empirical Inquest. Paper (a joint paper with Nelson Okorie) presented at the annual Sacomm Conference. AFDA School of Motion Pictures, Cape Town. September 28 30, A Survey of Research Foci and Paradigms in Media and Communication Master s and Doctoral Theses in South Africa. Paper (a joint paper with Olusola Oyero, Mathew Moyo and Rachel Moyo) presented at the annual Sacomm Conference. North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus. September 30 October 3, Media Literacy and Access among Youths: Implications for Political Participation and Democracy in South Africa. Paper (a joint paper with Babatunde R. Ojebuyi) presented at the annual Sacomm Conference. North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus. September 30 October 3, An examination of the dominance of Amharic language press in Ethiopia. Paper presented at the annual Sacomm Conference. Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth. September 25 27, 2013.

7 Indigenous Language Media and Democracy in Africa. Paper presented at the International Association of Media and Communication Research Conference. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. July 15 19, Recall of Politics of Identity in the narratives of the Nigerian Press. Paper presented at the 3rd International Biennial Conference of the African Association for Rhetoric. Southern Sun Hotel, Newlands, Cape Town. June 30 - July 1, Stunted growth: An exploration into the failures of African language newspapers, Imvo Zabantsundu in focus. Paper presented at the annual Sacomm Conference. University of Johannesburg. September 27 29, Investigating the use of Social Networking Sites and their implications for HIV/AIDS Communication amongst Rhodes University Students. Paper (a joint paper with Nkosinathando Mpofu) presented at the annual Sacomm Conference. University of Johannesburg. September 27 29, Towards civilised leadership in Africa: Imperatives of ethical paradigm of development. Paper presented at the Launch Conference of the Centre for Leadership in Africa, University of Fort Hare. July 29 30, Sustaining quality journalism in troubled spots of Africa. Panel on Reporting Conflict at the 2nd World Journalism Education Congress. Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. July 5 7, 2010.

5. Research Expertise. NRF rating and year rated C3, Publications (in the last five years)

5. Research Expertise. NRF rating and year rated C3, Publications (in the last five years) 5. Research Expertise NRF rating and year rated C3, 2015 6. Publications (in the last five years) International Salawu A. and M.B. Chibita (Eds.). 2016. Indigenous Language Media, Language Politics and