My media profession journey began about 40 years in the past as a mass communication undergraduate of the College of Nigeria, Nsukka. Print media have been my favorite and that also subsists, so my response to the YouTube movies is in print not Replace.
Let me begin with a abstract of my response: One, Nigerian YouTubers have the appropriate to place no matter content material they need on their channels (together with selling and celebrating Ghana/Ghanaians and different international locations).
Two, Nigerian YouTubers, wherever they’re, are below no obligation to advertise Nigeria’s picture. Patriotism will not be compulsory although advisable. Three, in the event you denigrate Nigeria/Nigerians, we’ve a proper to reply.
4, there’s a distinction between constructive criticisms and damaging criticisms. It’s advisable to comprehend it. 5, although social media are comparatively current, the position and guidelines of the mass media subsist: balanced reporting, balanced mirroring of the society, dissemination of data, leisure of your viewers, titillating the bored, watchdog and exposing the wrongs within the society, gatekeeping, agenda setting, and so on.