TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER TITLE PAGE
Fly Leaf
Title Page – – – – – – – i
Certification – – – – – – ii
Dedication – – – – – – – iii
Acknowledgements – – – – – iv-v
Table of Contents – – – – – – vi-viii
List of Tables – – – – – – ix
List of Appendix – – – – – – x
Abstract – – – – – – – xi
1.0 INTRODUCTION – – – – – 1
1.1 Background of the Study – – – – – 1-3
1.2 Statement of the Problem – – – – 4-5
1.3 Objective of the Problem – – – – 5
1.4 Research Questions – – – – – 5-6
1.5 Scope of the Study – – – – – 6
1.6 Significance of the Study – – – – 6-7
1.7 Limitation of the Study – – – – – 7
1.8 Definition of Terms – – – – – 7-9
2.0 REVIEW OF LITERATURE – – – 10
2.1 Concept of Communication – – – – 10-12
2.2 The Concept of Modern Journalism – – – 12-14
2.3 ICTs and news Gathering, News Reporting and
News dissemination – – – – – 14-17
2.4 Technology and Information Management Practice 17-18
2.5 Information Management – – – – 18-21
2.6 Theoretical Framework – – – – – 21-22
2.7 Review of Studies – – – – – 22-24
3.0 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY – – – 25
3.1 Research Design – – – – – – 25
3.2 Population of the Study – – – – – 25
3.3 Sample and Sampling Procedure – – – 26
3.4 Instrument of Data Collection – – – – 26-27
3.5 Validity and Reliability of Instrument – – – 27
3.6 Methods of Data Collection – – – 27
3.7 Method of Presentation – – – – – 28
4.0 DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS – – – – – – 29
4.1 Data Presentation and Analysis – – – – 29-37
4.2 Discussion and Finding – – – – – 38-40
5.0 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND
RECOMMENDATIONS – – – – 41
5.1 Summary – – – – – – – – 41-42
5.2 Conclusion – – – – – – – 42-43
5.3 Recommendation – – – – – – 43
References
ABSTRACT
This research work on influence of ICT on modern day practice of broadcast journalism, (A Survey of broadcast Journalists in NTA Uyo), has the objectives of finding out how broadcast journalists in NTA Uyo are exposed to ICT in their practice, to know the various type of ICT broadcast journalists in NTA Uyo are exposed to, and to also know the effect of ICT on broadcast journalists in NTA Uyo. A case study method was adopted for the study and the population for the study was 40 Questionnaire was used as the research instrument. The findings among others reveal that computer, Digital Camera, Internet are the various ICTs facilities that broadcast Journalists in NTA Uyo used in the discharge of their responsibility. The study also revealed that quick information dissemination, elimination of errors in journalism, promotes of quick data processing are the hallmark of good journalism practice. The researcher recommended that broadcast journalists in NTA Uyo should employed information and communication technologies in all their operations for the total elimination of errors in their journalisms, Government should equip the research centers with current text books in other to promote efficient research. Finally, the researcher recommends that broadcast journalists should make good use of information and communication technology in order to promote the continuous growth and development of the broadcast journalism.
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study Information and Communication Technology is perceived to be a force reckoned within the 21st century because it has caused and continues to cause major changes in the way we live. In the electronic media, ICT has ignited and provoked radical and drastic changes that has affected and revolutionized the broadcast industry, most especially in immediacy and timeliness of news. Information and community technology not only facilitate and enhance the creation processing, sharing and dissemination of information in the broadcast industry but the immediacy and timeliness of news is of a high priority. Notwithstanding, with ICT, Information spread, infinitely becomes faster and cheaper and readily available before now, there was a significant time lag separating the point when an event took place and the time when the news may be publicly made available. But ICT has helped bridge the time lag between when an event took place and the time it is made available to the public. Information and communication Technology (ICT) is a genetic term used to express the convergence of telecommunications, information broadcasting and communications. According to Rodriguez and Wilson (2002) ICT is seen as a set of activities which facilitate and enhance the processing, transmission and dissemination of information for communicating through computers and computer networks promoting information and communication Technology as an integral part enhancing timely news delivery in the broadcast industry was articulated by Samadar (1995). He submitted that ICT is a tool for facilitating the creation. Storage management and dissemination of information by electronic means. Meanwhile, Marcelle (2000) did not only see ICT as a complex entity but an application and services used for the production, distribution, processing, transformation of information with the aid of ICT tools.