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-x
List of Appendices – – – – – – xi
Abstract – – – – – – – xii
1.0 INTRODUCTION – – – – – 1
- Background of the Study – – – – – 1-4
- Statement of the Problem – – – – – 4-5
- Objectives of the Study – – – – – 5
- Research Questions – – – – – 6
- Scope of the Study – – – – – – 6
- Significance of the Study – – – – – 7
- Limitations of the Study – – – – – 7
- Definition of Terms – – – – – 8-9
2.0 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE – – 10
2.1 Concept of Drug Abuse – – – – – 10-13
2.2 An Overview of Print Media (Newspaper) of Drug Abuse -13-17
2.3 Influence of Drug Abuse – – – – – 17-19
2.4 Impact of Print Media on Drug Abuse and Causes – 19-21
2.5 Theoretical – – – – – – – 21-24
2.6 Review of Studies – – – – – – 24-26
3.0 RESEARCH MOTHOLOGY – – – – 26
3.1 Research Design – – – – – 26
3.2 Population of the Study – – – – – 26
3.3 Sample and Sampling Procedure – – – 26-27
3.4 Instrumentation for Data Collection – – – 27
3.5 Validity and Reliability of Research Instrument – 28
3.6 Method of Data Presentation and Analysis – – 28
4.0 DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND
DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS – – – 29
4.1 Introduction – – – – – – 29
4.2 Data Presentation and Analysis – – – – 29-39
4.2 Discussion of Findings – – – – – 39-41
5.0 SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1 Summary – – – – – – – 42-43
5.2 Conclusion – – – – – – – 43
5.3 Recommendations – – – – – 44
References
Appendix/Appendices
ABSTRACT
The study focused on readers view of Newspaper coverage of drug abuse in Essien Udim. The main objectives of this study is to examine the content of newspaper the readers in Essien Udim read most, to find out how often they read Newspapers, to find out the type of Newspaper readers in Essien Udim read most and to find out if the content of the Newspaper informs them about drug abuse. The study employed a survey research design and adopted a simple random simple technique to select a sample of 360 respondents for the study. The primary sources of data collection was using the questionnaire of the instrument for data collection and out of 390 copies of questionnaire forms distributed, 360 were retrieved while thirty copies were not returned was used for the study. Individual difference theory was used for the study, Data collection were analyzed using simple percentage frequency table. Finding revealed that majority of people in Essien Udim are read the content of Newspaper very Often and majority of Essien Udim residents are read different types of newspaper highly. It was therefore recommended that The government should also ensure that teachers are trained on drug abuse so that they can give the public adequate and appropriate information on it, Media stakeholders should conduct aggressive campaigns to sensitize the public on drug abuse and its effects, different types of newspapers should try and cover more stories on drug abuse and daily nation newspaper should also create a column on health like the standard and through this they will be able to educate many people on various drugs and their effects to the readers’ health just like how the standard newspaper has done.
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
- Background of the study
A newspaper is defined as an unbound publication issued at regular intervals, which present information in words, often supplemented with pictures, (Sadman 1976 in Okunna and Omenugh, 2012). Newspaper carries information on a broad spectrum of issues which include: news, advertisement, politics, education, science and technology, religion, commerce, health etc. The average daily newspaper contains far more news than available in radio, television or any other medium (Alozie, 2009). Of all the print media, newspaper provide the most current information, newspaper are published either daily or weekly.
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Newspaper is a set of large printed sheets of folded paper containing news articles, and other information, usually published every day. It is a publication, usually issued daily or weekly, containing current news, editorial feature article, and usually advertising. Daily or weekly, newspaper turns out different contents to it numerous readers with the basic and fundamental intension to inform, educate, entertain and correlate the readers. The mass media role towards influencing public opinions cannot be over emphasized especially through various levels of coverage they give to such developmental subjects over time. The newspaper has been identified as a major determinate of public enlightenment and opinion on drug abuse. In his position, Utulu (2009) the force of public opinion has speedily gained strength around the world as mass communication has become a global phenomenon.