Mass Communication Research Papers/Topics

SOCIAL MEDIA AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS

AbstractThe purpose of this research study is to examine the influence of Social Media and Academic Performance Of students in University of Lagos. Five Research questions and five Research hypotheses guided the study. To achieve this, the descriptive survey research design was adopted. The study focused on University of Lagos hence, population consists of all the 24,661 full-time undergraduate students. The simple random sampling technique was used to select a sample of 378 students. A four ...

EFFECTS OF READING DIFFICULTIES ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG UYO CITY POLYTECHNIC STUDENTS

line-height:200%">TABLE OF CONTENTS color:windowtext"> line-height:200%">Declaration .................................................................................................... Ii line-height:200%">Dedication .................................................................................................... Iii line-height:200%">Acknowledgements ................................................................................... Iv line-height:200%">Abstract ...............

Influence Of Television Advertising On Consumer Buying Habits Of Guinness Stout In Ikeja Community Of Lagos State

AbstractThestudywas on theInfluenceofTelevision on Consumer BuyingHabits of Guinness Stoutin Ikeja CommunityofLagos State.It started with general introduction to the research, statement ofthe problem and purposeof thestudy. This wasfollowed bycomprehensive literaturereview oftelevision advertising on consumer buyinghabits of Guinness StoutinIkejacommunityof Lagos State. Theresearcher madeuseof thesurveydesignto gather necessaryinformation. Simple random sampling was used to select a sample of...

Analysis Comparative Of The Performance Of Journalist In Government And Private Owned Media Organization

ABSTRACTThis research work is aimed at finding the journalist that is freer between those in private and government owned media organizations, using Ray-power and FRCN Enugu as a focus, to achieve maximum and accurate findings. The researcher made use of survey design. To gather necessary information, copies of questionnaire were administered and retrieved from the respondents who were randomly selected and also personal interview was conducted, the findings show that the journalists in gover...

A report on environmental reporting

200%;font-family:" verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"times="" new="" roman""="">A REPORT ON ENVIRONMENTAL HARZARD IN NIGERIA 200%;font-family:" verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"times="" new="" roman""="">INTRODUCTION Environment is the surroundings of human beings; a place that they live and work comfortably. It is one of the key determinants of optimal health or well-being of individuals. Environment is the inclusion of the living and non-living things that one has...

Media Effect On Resident Attitude Toward Hosting The Olympic Games: A Cross-National Study Between China And The Usa

ABSTRACTNews media helped individuals think about and understand the impacts of hosting the Olympic Games, enabling them to clarify or construct their own opinions toward an Olympic bid. The purpose of this study was to explore to what extent the public opinion of hosting the Olympic Games was affected by the newspaper media content to which the public was exposed. Based on social exchange theory, social representation theory, and agenda setting theory, two research questions were proposed: (...

HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE 1.0 PHOTOGRAPHYThe word "photography" was derived from the two Greek words, photo and graphein. Photo means light while Graphein means draw. Nicephor Niepce in the past, made use of "heliography" and "'sun drawing" till Sir Herschel brought in the advent of photography in 1839. Tejuoso(2013).One of the most important thing to note is that photograph as a concept has undisputable roles to play in every field due to its recording purpose. People make references to past scenes b...

THE ROLE OF BROADCAST MEDIA AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR COMBATING MALADMINISTRATION IN GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE1.1     INTRODUCTIONBroadcast media has made great impact in the success of combating maladministration in government by making people aware of what is going on in the country through the use of broadcast media like, television, radio etc .The media's key role in democratic government has been recognized since the Iatel7th century, and remains a fundamental principles of modern days democratic theory and practices.The broadcast media is the bastion of a free state especia...

Empowerment of women representatives in Panchayati Raj: a profile from Rajasthan

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THE ATTITUDE OF FEMALE MASS COMMUNICATION STUDENTS TOWARDS JOURNALISM AS A CAREER, IN NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY AWKA

AbstractThe researcher in this work focused on the Attitude of Female Mass Communication Students Towards Journalism As a Career. It is believed that a large number of female trained journalists are produced from different higher Institutions in our country, but only a few go into the filed to practice their Journalism profession. This is why the researcher dimmed it fit to research into the image of female Journalists. Research questions are constructed to guide the researcher in her study. ...

AN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF TELEVISION IN THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST EARLY MARRIAGE: A CASE STUDY OF OYI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

ABSTRACTEarly marriage has been identified as a trade that does more harm than good to families and the society at large. This result to lack of care, unprepared child bearing, domestic violence, lost of education lost of confidence as well as inability of the spouse to provide the basic need of the family. The purpose of this research work is to analyze the impact of Television in the campaign against the scourge of early marriage. For proper scrutiny Oyi Local Government area was used as ca...

CHALLENGES OF NEWS OBJECTIVITY IN NEWSPAPER (A CASE STUDY OF NATIONAL LIGHT AWKA, ANAMBRA STATE).

ABSTRACTThis Research work is on the challenges of News Objectivity in Print media specifically the newspaper. Objectivity is one of the noble standards in the journalism professions. Journalists are adjudged to insulate personal bias and idiosyncrasies from the news reports they write. This simplistically, is the import of news objectivity with its overwhelming implications on both the media and the reading public. However, observation has revealed that upholding ethical injunction of object...

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF COMMUNITY & NATIONAL NEWSPAPER IN LOCAL NEWS DISSEMINATION (A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF THIS DAY AND EKWULOBIA NEWS)

ABSTRACTThis study compares how community and national newspapers disseminate local news. This study is meant to know between the two categories of newspaper which pays more attention and gives more prominence to local news dissemination. The purpose of this work therefore is to evaluate the roles newspaper play in fostering community and national newspaper. Meanwhile the researcher chose and studied from population all the Nigerian newspapers both community and national. One hundred and thir...

COVERAGE OF FOREIGN NEWS BY NIGERIAN NEWSPAPERS: A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF THIS DAY AND THE NATION NEWSPAPERS”.

INTRODUCTIONCommunication is basic to human existence and it torches every facet of human activity. It is such a common phenomenon that we live with every day, that is now taken for granted.According to Nwosu (1992,p. 48) from morning till night, from life till death, and as some of our traditionists believe, even after death, man is continually involved in the process of communication even when living human are asleep, they still involve themselves in some kind of communication, as psycholog...

IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE (A STUDY OF STUDENTS OF FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, OKO)

AbstractThe aim of the study was to analysis the impact of social media on the student’s academic performance (A study of Federal Polytechnic, Oko). To achieve this, the survey research method was used. Subjects were drawn from Federal polytechnic, Oko using the simple random sampling technique and purposive sampling. Research findings showed that a great number of students in Federal Polytechnic, Oko had access to the internet. To this end, the researcher recommended that sites should be c...


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