iosr-JRME   Volume-16 ~ Issue-4 ~ Jul. – Aug. 2026

Abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly transforming both educational practice and the professional landscape of mass communication, raising questions about how educators perceive its integration into teaching and learning. This systematic review examined whether teachers hold positive attitudes toward using AI in mass communication education. A systematic search involving 21 targeted keyword searches and one citation-graph search....

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Teacher Attitudes; Mass Communication Education; AI In Education; Communication Education; Systematic Review.

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Abstract: This study investigates response strategies to face-attacking acts in the television series Ozark, drawing on the response framework proposed by Culpeper et al. (2003). The study combines qualitative analysis with descriptive statistics of frequencies and percentages. The findings reveal that the characters employ four main response strategies: defensive countering, offensive countering, acceptance, and not responding (silence). Defensive....

Keywords: impoliteness, face, face-attacking act, response strategy

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Abstract: This study investigates response strategies to face-attacking acts in the television series Ozark, drawing on the response framework proposed by Culpeper et al. (2003). The study combines qualitative analysis with descriptive statistics of frequencies and percentages. The findings reveal that the characters employ four main response strategies: defensive countering, offensive countering, acceptance, and not responding (silence). Defensive....

Keywords: impoliteness, face, face-attacking act, response strategy

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Abstract: The purpose of this research paper is to present the findings of a study that investigated the influence of the teacher’s mode of assessing learners on the implementation of Competency Based Curriculum in private primary schools in Kirinyaga Central Sub-County in Kenya. The study employed a descriptive study design to collect data from the head teachers and lower primary school teachers in the private schools offering the Competency Based Curriculum...

Keywords: Competency Based Curriculum (CBC), teachers, mode of learner assessment, curriculum implementation, educational reforms, assessment rubric

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