TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER TITLE PAGE
Fly Leaf
Title Page – – – – – – – i
Certification – – – – – – ii
Dedication – – – – – – – iii
Acknowledgements – – – – – iv-v
Table of Contents – – – – – – vi-ix
List of Tables – – – – – – x-xi
List of Appendix – – – – – – xii
Abstract – – – – – – – xiii
1.0 INTRODUCTION – – – – – 1
1.1 Background of the Study – – – – – 1-3
1.2 Statement of the Problem – – – – 3-4
1.3 Objective of the Study – – – – – 4-5
1.4 Research Questions – – – – – 5
1.5 Scope of the Study – – – – – 5-6
1.6 Significance of the Study – – – – 6
1.7 Limitation of the study – – – – – 6-7
1.8 Definition of terms – – – – – 7-8
2.0 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE – 9
2.1 Communication Media of Forms – – 9-11
2.2 Traditional media of communication on Udung Uko 11-14
2.3 Traditional Communication and Concept – – 14-17
2.4 Speech, Proverbs and Folklore as Essential Element of
Traditional Communication in Conflict Resolution 18
2.4.1 Speech – – – – – – – 18-22
2.4.2 Proverbs – – – – – – – 22-26
2.4.3 Folklore – – – – – – – 26-29
2.5 Traditional Communication Strategy for Conflict
Resolution – – – – – – – 29-31
2.6 Issues in Conflict – – – – – – 32-33
2.6.1 Types of Conflict – – – – – – 33
2.6.2 Reasons for Conflict – – – – – 34-35
2.6.3 Dangers of Conflict – – – – – 35-36
2.7 Conflict resolution – – – – – 36-37
2.7.1 Methods of Conflict Resolution – – – 37-38
2.8 Theoretical Framework – – – – 39
2.9 Compound Review of Study – – – – 39-41
3.0 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY – – – 42
3.1 Research Design – – – – – – 42
3.2 Population of the Study – – – – – 42-43
3.3 Sample and Sampling Procedures – – – 43
3.4 Instrument for Data Collection – – – – 44
3.5 Method of Data Collection – – – – 44
3.6 Validity and Reliability of Instruments – – 45
3.7 Method of data Presentation – – – – 45-46
4.0 DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS – – – – – – 47
4.1 Data Presentation and Analysis – – – – 47-56
4.2 Discussion and Findings – – – – – 56-60
5.0 SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1 Summary of Findings – – – – – 61-62
5.2 Conclusion – – – – – – – 62
5.3 Recommendations- – – – – – 63
References
Appendix
ABSTRACT
This research work was on the effectiveness of traditional mode of communication in conflict resolution in Udung Uko Local Government Area. The study had its basic objectives as to ascertain the use of traditional communication in conflict resolution in Udung Uko, examine the role of traditional communication in conflict resolution in Udung Uko and find out how people in Udung Uko respond to the use of traditional communication in conflict resolution. A survey was adopted for the study and a sample size of 200 was selected through the stratified sampling technique. The questionnaire was the instrument for data collection. Also the study revealed that traditional communication fosters development of a community. The study concludes that traditional communication is effective in conflict resolution. Among other recommendations was that traditional rulers must mention traditional customs and values, but refine it to suit modern days society
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study
Society survival and growth depends on a number of things, among them is a system of communications. According to Bitner (1980) quoted in Okuna (1999).
What we know as communication today has developed over a number of centuries. The sophisticated and complexity which characterized human communication in the modern world are the result of very long and sustained efforts by human beings to improve on one of the most fundamental aspects of their existence; Okuna (1993).
Communication began when humanity existed. The early men who inhabited the earth ten million years lived in caves and they had faces and behaviours of apes. The form of communication used as at then, before the manifestation of language was mostly through touch (tactile communication) and vocal signals.
Communication according to Okunna (1991) is basically the means to share ideas, information, opinions, feelings or experience between people so what then is traditional communication? It is the type of communication that ideas mainly with the use of signs and symbols, drum language. Masquerades and Puppet Theater, the traditional forms of communication found in Nigerian culture, reflects tensions that exist between oral and literate cultures. It has been used right from the time by our people in the rural areas to decode meanings based on what language one speaks, the sounds and sequence of sounds which were given by the different ethnic groups is understood by them and their offspring. It is an adventure of social conventions which have been sharpen and blended into veritable communication modes and system that have become standard practices for society.