Assistant Professor
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Dr Ikechukwu Williams Eke holds an MA in Communication & Language Arts from the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. He also holds a PhD in Communication Sciences from the North-West University, Mahikeng, South Africa.
Eke started his career in the media as a news reporter; he would later become a sub-editor, and then an editor. He has worked as an editorial consultant for some media organizations and individuals. In addition to active media practice, Eke works as a freelance writer and copy editor.
In 2014, he joined the faculty of American University of Nigeria (AUN), where has served as coordinator of AUN Writing Foundation Program, editor of the CMD-AUN News Website, and coordinator of the UNICEF-AUN MSc in Communication for Social & Behavior Change. He is currently the Chair of the Department of Communications & Multimedia Designs; he is also the Director of the UNICEF-AUN MSc in Communication for Social & Behavior Change, and he is a member of the AUN Senate, and a member of Curriculum Committee of the AUN School of Arts & Sciences.
Eke has been a speaker at several international and national conferences, such as the 2nd PhD seminar of the International Association for Minority Language Media Research (IAMLMR) at the European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI), Flensburg, Germany; the Social Media, Fake News and Hate Speech Conference of the Indigenous Language Media in Africa (ILMA) Research Entity, South Africa; and the International Conference of the Gender Studies Programme/Women As Financially Independent Rural Actors (WAFIRA) at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
Eke, who has consulted for several organizations, including VoxCroft Analytics and Media Choice Group, was a subject expert for the development Research and Projects (dRPC) on the EmpowerHer Media Initiative (EMI). He has published research articles in reputable international journals, and he specializes in journalism practice, digital/social media studies, indigenous/minority language media, trauma journalism, strategic communication, and applied linguistics. His research output can be accessed here.
His research interest is in journalism/media studies, mass media/digital media audience, indigenous/minority language media, and workplace communication
WRI 300 (Writing in the Disciplines)
CMD 120 (Writing for the Mass Media)
CMD 312 (Theories of Communication)
CMD 224 (Online/Digital Journalism)
CMD 324 (Editorial and Critical Writing)
CMD 221 (News Writing and Reporting)
CMD 225 (Business Communications)
WRI 101 (Freshman Composition 1).
Journals
Assessing Women’s Participation in Nigerian Column Writing (2021): Fountain Journal of Management & Social Sciences. Vol. 10(1).
Uses and Gratification in Newspaper Columns: A Thematic and Functional Analysis of Readers’ Reactions to Mike Awoyinfa’s Press Clips (2014): International Journal of Liberal Arts and Social Science. Vol. 2 No 9, Pp. 157-165, ISSN: 2307-924X
Brown Envelope Syndrome and the Future of Journalism in Nigeria (2014): International Interdisciplinary Journal of Scientific Research. Vol. 1 No 1, Pp. 150-156, ISSN: 2200-9833.
Books
Ode to Gani (1938-2009): How the World Remembers Nigeria’s Most Powerful Lawyer and Human Rights Colossus (A hagiography of the late Nigerian legal luminary, Gani Fawehinmi– in press).
Book Chapter
Eke, I.W. (2019). “Weaponizing Music for Political Contestation and Rivalry in Nigeria” In Onyebadi, T. O. (ed.). Music and Messaging in the African Political Arena. Hershey PA: IGI Global.
Conferences
Eke, I.W. (2021). “Analysis of Social Media Users’ Attitudes to Fake News in Nigeria” In Proceedings of the Social Media, Fake News and Hate Speech Conference, IndigenousLanguage Media in Africa (ILMA) Research Entity, Faculty of Humanities, North-West University, Mahikeng, South Africa, July 22-23.
Participant, Doctoral Congress in Mass Communication (DoCoMaCo), 10-11 April 2021, School of Communications, Xavier University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Eke, I.W. (2018). “Assessing Women’s Participation in Column Writing: An Analysis of Lanre Idowu’s ‘Nigerian Columnists and Their Art’” In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference of the Gender Studies Programme/WAFIRA 2018, the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, July 29.
Eke, I.W. “Analysing Social Media Users’ Understanding of Fake News in Nigeria.” Paper has been accepted for presentation at the “Social Media, Fake News and Hate Speech” conference to be organized by the Indigenous Language Media in Africa, ILMA, North-West
University, Mafikeng, South Africa between July 1-2, 2020.
Book Reviews
- “Daily Star in the past, present and future.” Daily Sun 28 Feb. 2006: 26.
- “Understanding Exam Malpractices.” The Westerner 24 Aug. 2009: 43.
- “The Secret of Lawal’s Secrets.” The Westerner 1 March 2010. 30.
- “Ajaja Tears Down the Iron Curtains.” The Westerner 15 March 2010. 30.
- “In Six Graves to Munich, the Deed Done by the Seven Must Be Paid for by the Seven.” The Westerner 5 April 2010.