Jotams is an international academic journal of Theatre and Media Studies aimed at promoting research or ideas in all academic areas of Theatre and Media Studies.

• Vol-2 No-2 (2017)
• - The Significance of Inter-Relationship of Textile, Fashion, and Costume Designing In View of Nollywood...
• - The Comic Undertones In Julie Okoh’S The Trials and Aisha: A Critical Excursion
• - Towards A Cinemapatory Theatre For Development: The Gure and Rumaya Experiments
• - The Diachronic Development of Traditional Dance In Nigeria
• - The Dynamics of Stagecraft In Travelling Theatre: The Federal University, Oye-Ekiti Experiment
• - Adjusting To Change: Reclaiming The Indigeneous Dance Space In Contemporary Nigeria
• - Communicative and Expressive Value of Bata Dance In Contemporary Nigeria
• - Assessment of African Independent Television`S (AIT’S) 2015 Presidential Election Campaign Influence On...
• - Theatre Safety and Audience Protection In Nigeria Universities
• - Deconstructing Patriarchy By Nigerian Female Playwrights: A Review of Irene Salami-Agunloye’S Sweet Revenge
• - The Dancer’S Body Motif and Its Traditional Implications: A Study of Oguamalam Masquerade Dance
• - Towards Effective Social Change For Local Communities: An Examination of Tfd Participatory Communication...
• - Using Television To Explore The Motif of Bitter-Leaf As A Paradigm To Manage Ethnic Differences To Nigeria
• - A Psychoanalytic Interrogation of Diseased Body, Pain and Trauma In The Writing of Ahmed Yerima.
• - Public Relations and Organisational Management In Cross River University of Technology
• - Theatre For Development As Panacea For Youth Participation In Community Development: A Study of 2015 Kuyanbana...
• - Integrated Communication Strategy As A Tool For Promoting Community Based Social Health Insurance Programme
• - Democratizing and Integrating Intervention Programmes Within The Praxis of Tfd For Ngos/Development...
• - Horserace issues and Personal Qualities In Newspaper Coverage of Presidential Campaigns In Nigeria
• Vol-2 No-1 (2017)
• - Anywhere But Africa: Humantrafficking As Modern Slavery In Anja Dalhoff'S Trafficker
• - Meanings and Meaninglessness Asrelative Terms Inthe Understanding of Motifs, Movements and Action Patterns of...
• - Love and Politics In Nigerian Drama: Lessons From Femi Osofisan'S A Restless Run of Locusts
• - Towards The Promotion of Young Dance Graduate Practitioners In Imo State of Nigeria
• - Revolutionizing Theatre Architecture For Improved Theatre Production In Nigeria: An Agenda Setting
• - Expressionism As A Notion In Dramaturgy: A Paradigm of Femi Osofisan'S Another Raft
• - The Emergence of New Dance Forms In Festival and Carnival Performances In Contemporary Nigeria: Calabar...
• - Mupun Storytelling Performance In Transition: A Study of Njingkook
• - Audience Assessment of Performances At The University of Abuja, Open Air Theatre In The 2012/2013 Academic...
• - Leading The Interpreter: A Functional Use of Kickers To Elicit Bias In Nigerian Newspapers
• - Globalisation: Implications For Culture of Peace In Conflict Resolution
• - The Contribution of The University of Ilorin Department of Performing Arts To Dance Training and Practices In...
• - Folkism As Schema In Contemporary Theatre Practice: An Analysis of Sam Ukala'S Akpakaland
• - Cultural Education: A Catalyst In Achieving Cultural Sustainability In The Face of Global Economic Meltdown
• - Conflicts Between Public Interest and Security Concerns: The Role of The Media
• - The Head of A Nigerian, The Body of Hollywood: An Impact Analysis of Hollywood On Nigerian Youths
• - Global News Media and Popular Culture: An Overview of Matters Arising In The Nigerian Cultural Scene
• - Dance Education As A Tool For Teaching Child'S Creativity and Democratic Values: A Theoretical Analysis
• - Transnational Evangelical Video: Notes On The Growth and Spread of Mount Zion Evangelical Video
• Vol-1 No-2 (2016)
• - African Drama In A Situation of Oppression: A Study of Ngugi Wa Thiong‟O and Micere G. Mugo‟S The Trial of...
• - Ventriloquism In Solo Performance: A Comparative Study of Ellam‟S Untitled and Mbajiorgu‟S The Prime...
• - Critical issues and Criticism In The Praxis of Theatre For Development: An Experiential Discourse In Nigeria
• - Technical and Artistic Elements In The Production of Geoffrey Agbo‟S“Gramma Don Do” At The Cultural...
• - Dramatic Responses As Transposition: An Examination of Emmy Idegu‟S The Humans Are Not To Blame
• - The Comic Spirit In Ola Rotimi‟S The Gods Are Not To Blame: A Critical Survey
• - Exploration of The Multimedia Techniques and Communication Aesthetics In Femi Osofisan‟S Women of Owu
• - Meta-Narratives and The Challenges of Narrating History In Half of A Yellow Sun and Black November
• - Directing In The Port Harcourt Carnival (CARNIRIV): Challenges and Prospects
• - The Art of Colour Synchronization In Stage Design: The Example of Victor Eze‟S Wailing Grave Dance Production
• - Developing The Arts Industry Through The Theatre Profession
• - Play Production Challenges In An Open Air-Theatre: A Study of University of Nigeria, Nsukka Theatre Arts...
• - Morality and Video Film In A Networked Society: The Nigerian Example
• - Democratizing and Integrating Development Intervention Programmes Within The Praxis of Tfd For Ngos/Development...
• - Changing Meanings In Patterns of Efik Women Hair Styles
• - Acting With Pencil: The Process of Storyboarding A Stage Multimedia Drama Production In Nigeria.
• - Women, Culture and Development: An Examination of The Role of Theatre For Development In The Evaluation of The...
• - The Consistency of Wole Soyinka‟S Vision In The Beatification of Area Boy…
• - Contents of Carnival Calabar: Celebrating Cannibalized Cultures In The Age of Transculturalism
• - Sociolinguistic Barriers In Doctor-Patient Interaction In Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Shika
• - The Efficacy of Symbolography Among The Yakurr People
• - Perception of Social and Behaviour Change Communication Media In Cross River State, Nigeria
• - Social Media Sites: Interrogating The Phenomenon of Emerging Global Communities
• - Credibility In Social Media, Television and Newspaper News: A Comparative Study
• - Promoting Feminist Ideology Through Hashtag Activism
• - Democracy, Globalization and The News Media In Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects
• - Media, Globalization and Democracy Practices In Africa: A Study of Recent Democratic Transitions In Nigeria and...
• - The Imperative of Community Radio To HIV/ AIDS Prevention In Semi-Rural Ghana: A Case Study of Radio Emashie,...
• Vol-1 No-1 (2015)
• - Linearity Versus Contiguity: Examining The Perception of Time and Space In Ibibio Culture, Nigeria.
• - Theatre Creativity As An Impetus To Democracy In Nigeria; The Example of Femi Osohsan'S A Restless Run of...
• - Exploring Tfd For Behaviour Change Communication: The Example of The Clean Hands For Good Health Campaign
• - Global Knowledge Economy In The Post-Colony: Public Universities and Scholarship In Nigeria.
• - Contextualizing Contemporary African Drama In Elaigwu Ameh'S Sweet Taste ofshame
• - Girl-Child Education: Challenges and Potentials For National Development: A Study of Emmy Idegu'S Six and...
• - The Communal Media Arts As Communication Tools For Rural Change
• - Newspaper Cartoons and Political Education In Nigeria: The Artists' Ideals
• - Theatre As Social Criticism: A Re-Examination of Osofisan'S No More The Wasted Breed.
• - Voice and Speech Production In Theatre: issues On Articulation of Sounds and Effective Stage Performance
• - Dance of A Mask: Obi Okonkwo As Facekuerade In Achebe'S No Longer At Ease
• - Evaluating The Potentials of The Internet In Engineering A Participatory Culture
• - Evaluating Mass Media Practice Against Ethical Standards In Nigeria
• - The Arts Teacher: Enriching Pedagocy Through Arts Based Instruction
• - Aristophane'S Lysistrata: A Classical Depiction of Women As Mothers of Change In The Society
• - Nollywood Movies and Nation Building
• - Staging The Abyss: The Plot Strategies In Wole Soyinka'S The Beautification of Area Boy
• - Cutting Down Cost In Theatre Productions: The Art of Fabricating Theatre Materials In Costume and Make-Up

Articles billed for publication should be between 12 and 15 pages typed double spaced on A4 paper. One hard copy and soft copy (CD) addressed to the production editor and publication secretary (Dr Adie Edward), Department of Theatre and Media Studies, University of Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. 

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Dr. (mrs) Brenda Akpan

Editor-in-Chief

Dr. Adie Edward

Managing Editor

Dr. Emmanuel Jegede

Associate Editor

Dr. Liwhu Betiang

Associate Editor

Dr. Stanislaus Iyorza

Associate Editor

Dr. Ahmed Yunana

Associate Editor

Professor Chris Nwamuo

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Professor Edde Iji

Consultant

Professor Emmy I. Idegu

Consultant

Professor Matthew Umukoro

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Professor Tor Iorapuu

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Professor M. I. Umar Buratai

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Professor Effiong Johnson

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Professor Lom Enendu

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