AbstractTelevision is incorporated within the child‟s experience as it becomes part of the child‟s inner world.In discussing about television and evolutional development of T.V, some one may wonder how television affects a child of ten to eighteen year. But it is apparent that the young child is dominated by this TV. Children learn to read pictures they understand. In the watching of television, all the children see in “reality” and events do not follow the social order of the story. ...
AbstractThis paper examines the illusion and reality of press freedom in attaining a true democratic system of government in Nigeria. Area of the study was Enugu metropolis which comprises of Enugu North and Enugu South, as area considered one of the nerve centres of intense political activities in Nigeria. Data were collected through questionnaire. Survey method was used for this work. Findings show that the illusion and reality of press freedom in attaining a true democratic system of gover...
AbstractThis research work is aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of the radio advertisements on family planning programmes bearing in mind the impact of family planning advertisement on the radio audience. The research method used was survey method and questionnaire being the instrument. The findings got from the questionnaire shows that the people of Enugu metropolis now know where to go and get the proper family planning method of their choice. And also what family planning is all about....
AbstractCartoons have more recently become a prominent feature in newspapers. An increasing number of publishers and editors have realised its relevance and are beginning to exploit its full potentials. Despite its usefulness and popularity which is assuming a viral dimension in many media houses, one wonders, as replete and common place as these cartoons are in newspapers, do they command the attention, let alone the readership of the reading audience? Hence, this researcher sought to know t...
AbstractJournalism is the collection, preparation and distribution of News and related commentary and feature materials through such media as pamphlet, News letter, magazines, radio, motion pictures, television, Bill Boards the internet and Books.Journalism according to World Book encyclopedia (Vol. 11) is the profession of recording events they maybe of interest to the public. It is therefore both World-wide in scope and as limited as the territory covered by the smallest weekly paper. Men a...
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...
ABSTRACT In several quarters, there have been allegation making round, that state governments use their state Broadcast media as propaganda machinery. The focus is to investigate such allegation using Enugu State Broadcasting Service (ESBS) radio/TV as a case study. The study was based on critical theory by staurt Hall. The theory views the means by which the “haves of society gain the willing support of the “have nots” to maintain the status quo. The study uses empi...
ABSTRACTThis paper examines the impact or possibly the role of radio and interpersonal communication in combating malaria in Nigeria. Malaria no doubt is a global problem with outstanding impact in Africa. The situation calls for concern and all possible means and strategies to ameliorate it. This paper therefore evaluates various health programs on radio and locally interpersonal dissemination of information in the process of waging war against malaria. Having explored various literatur...
ABSTRACTThis paper is focused on the brief history of print media, functions and the role of print media in a pluralistic society. We are able to know what a pluralistic society means and few countries we can find such feature. The final part of the paper is a conclusion and recommendation on why it's important to embrace a pluralistic society.INTRODUCTIONIt’s safe to say that the media, even life itself, would not be the same without the printed word. We read about our world through shared...
ABSTRACTThis research was designed to assess the impact of the media in checking economic crime in Nigeria. This study specifically examined how the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) through the media (Thisday and Sun newspapers) arrested and persecuted individuals found wanting in money laundering, fraud etc. The researcher used content analysis research method. This method facilitated a proper measurement on the content categories of the newspapers mentioned above on their rep...
INTRODUCTIONA reporter is someone who investigates and reports news stories, either for a newspaper, website or broadcast news outlet.In journalism gift is referred to brown envelop (Payola, Freebies or bribe) which is defined as any valuable thing given or promise or any preferment, advantage or emolument, given or promised corruptly and against the law, as an inducement to any person acting in an official or public capacity to violate or forbear from his duty or to improperly influence his ...
INTRODUCTIONNew Journalism was a style of 1960s and 1970s news writing and journalism which used literary techniques deemed unconventional at the time. The term was codified with its current meaning by Tom Wolfe in a 1973 collection of journalism articles he published as The New Journalism, which included works by himself, Truman Capote, Hunter S. Thompson, Norman Mailer, Joan Didion, Robert Christgau, Gay Talese and others.Articles in the New Journalism style tended not to be found in newspa...
INTRODUCTIONCooperative member training, workshop and conference in an essential part of any cooperative society to ensure the sustainability and development of such society in a more competitive economy like ours. Onoh F.A (2007), the importance of cooperative education cannot over emphasize. He wrote “a Swedish cooperative expert Mr. Sterner said, if we are given a choice between two alternatives, that is, a cooperative society wit a large amount of capital and no education and a cooperat...
ABSTRACTThis research work is a very crucial study for the Access Bank Plc. The study was motivated by the necessity to establish what constitute motivational instrument in the organization and the extent of their application. Sources of data includes, primary and secondary data in which both relevant official and non official materials and publications regarding the subject matter were drawn. Data collected were analyzed using table and percentages. Tests were carried out on the hypoth...
ABSTRACTThe study examined the Role of Mass Media on HIV and AIDS campaign. As a survey research, a sample of 300 people was taken from Yenagoa Metropolis. The sampling procedure was by the simple random sampling techniques. The instrument used to collect data was a questionnaire while data collected were analyzed using percentage. The findings showed that people are fully aware and are expose to HIV and AIDS through mass media. It also revealed that television and radio are the most effectiv...