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THE IMPACT OF PICTURE ON NEWS CREDIBILITY (A STUDY OF MEDIA AUDIENCE IN ENUGU METROPOLIS). A RESEARCH PROJECT MATERIAL ON MASS COMMUNICATION

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THE IMPACT OF PICTURE ON NEWS CREDIBILITY (A STUDY OF MEDIA AUDIENCE IN ENUGU METROPOLIS). A RESEARCH PROJECT MATERIAL ON MASS COMMUNICATION

ABSTRACT

This project is basically an unrelated attempt to unravel what pictures entails and its role to news credibility using Enugu metropolis as a case study. The main aim is to unveil the impact it creates in ensuring news credibility. This will in turn clear the doubt people maintain. On its significance towards news credibility. The method adopted for collecting data for this research was the survey method and also the method of analysis was percentages form. Based on the analysis, the result shared that picture guarantees better understanding of news. This entails that picture is inevitable in making news attractive and interesting.  From the above findings, the recommendation made sticks to creating awareness of what picture and its role to news presentation.

 

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

1.1       BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Whenever we talk about photojournalism, we all know is about telling the news in picture “communication” says Philip Geraci, “Began with pictures these brings us to the history of how it all started (telling news in picture). The idea of telling news in picture dates back to the wall carving of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamian. Even the Japanese and Chinese alphabet of today are traced to the combination and manipulation of the mental image eminent in picture concepts (Rothstain 1977, page 16).

  However, from the foregoing, it will not be surprising to say that early man made it possible for telling news in predates written language and may even have predated spoken languages (Geraci, 1978, Page 13).        The idea of drawing is said to be a primary concept of picture making. In this regards, the story of photojournalism is based on how the art of picture representation and sketches grow into the flourishing communication genre.       In other word, the   discovery of photography which date back in 1839 through the efforts of Lonis Daguerre, joseph Niepace and William Talbot add much credence to the flourish of photojournalism.

According to Rothstein (1977 page 16) the critical discovery pared the way for photojournalism. These were the development of practical functional method that put into the cameras of negative form which positive print could be made, the introduction of photography along with typeset word.

 

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