User:Osakue Omoera

Osakue Stevenson OMOERA, Ph.D., is a professor of Mass Media, Theatre and Communication Studies at Federal University Otuoke, PMB 126 Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. He is at the leading edge of knowledge generation and dissemination, with specific reference to Nigerian (African) Studies. The foci of his research have been on three main planks: Nollywood studies, with emphasis on indigenous language films; Media sociology, with emphasis on the social impacts of the media in developing areas of the world, including Nigeria; and Cultural dynamics, with emphasis on theatre and African performance studies. Omoera is credited to have pioneered scholarly inquiry into the Benin film segment of Nollywood studies. As well, he developed the "Active Volcano Paradigm" for the study of English as a language of mass communication, with reference to broadcast media news in Nigeria. He is a fellow of the Institute of Mass Communication and Information Management of Nigeria (FIMIM) and a member of many other professional and volunteer organisations, including the Society of Nigeria Theatre Artists (SONTA), Association of Communication Scholars and Professionals of Nigeria (ACSPN), Association of Media and Communication Researchers of Nigeria (AMCRON), Association for Cultural Studies (ACS), Finland, Edo Movie and Music Academy (EMMA), Benin City, Osakue Omoera Foundation (OOF), Ekpoma, The Arts Council of the African Studies Association (ACASA), Ebelle Unity Forum (EUF), Worldwide, Society of African Journal Editors (SAJE), Association of Christian Academics (ACA), Christian Scholars, Africa, and Board of Directors of Igodo Motion Pictures, Benin City, Nigeria. Mobiles: +2348035714679, +2348059997573. Email: omoera@yahoo.com; osakueomoera@gmail.com; osakueso@fuotuoke.edu.ng Twitter:@OmoeraOsakue Blog: https://omoerawordpresscom.wordpress.com/ ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Osakue_Omoera Academia.edu: https://fuo.academia.edu/OsakueOmoera LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/osakueomoera1202/

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ZLNa60AAAAAJ&hl=en h-index: 10; i10-index: 12 Scopus ID: 56052398700 ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1086-7874 Web of Science ResearcherID R-7440-2019