Public pedagogy and the socio-political economy of religious media: A Qualitative Study of the Advent Cable Network Nigeria (ACNN)

Abstract

In Nigeria, academic conversations that intersect religion, media and education are framed mostly from a formal school perspective. Moreover, the dominant narrative on religious media is approached from a Christian Pentecostal paradigm. It entails the commodification and commercialisation of religion, proselytisation, and religious globalisation. Nonetheless, the Nigerian religious media landscape is not monolithic but, rather, a convergence of multiple religious interactions. The multiplicity of religious media sites offers scholars opportunities to extend academic conversations beyond Pentecostalism and outside the context of formal schooling. This qualitative study explores the socio-political economy of an Anglican media site, the Advent Cable Network Nigeria (ACNN). It focuses on how religious media respond to socio-political issues, and their contribution to literacy development.