COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY AND MEDIA PRACTICE IN NIGERIA
- Project Research
- 1-5 Chapters
- Abstract : Available
- Table of Content: Available
- Reference Style: APA
- Recommended for : Student Researchers
- NGN 3000
Abstract
This research basically looks critically at computer technology and media practice in Nigeria focusing on Akwa Ibom Broadcasting Corporation news gathering and delivery. Computer technology including the internet which is embedded with some facilities or applications like: email, social media (facebook, twitter, instagram, youtube) etc search engines (google, yahoo,bing) etc webcasting (podcasting, video streaming, narrowcasting, wedcasting), online news and blogging etc others are electronic news gathering and lots of software and hardware such as video and audio editing software and hardware that have changed the conventional face and practice of mass media like: radio, television, newspaper and magazine not only in Nigeria but across the globe. Survey research method was adopted and simple random sampling technique was also use to select 300 respondents in which questionnaires were administered and 298 copies were retrieved. Findings show that 65% of the respondents are computer literates with at least 36.2% of them have a personal computer but others have some advanced mobile phones (Smartphone, Blackberry, iphone, ipad) etc. Also, 78% of the respondents also agreed that modern technology is enhancing AKBC news gathering and delivery. Similarly, because of the need to get hooked always to the internet 95% of the respondents said they used cyber café owned by their station. 60% agreed that computer technology has influence the performance of journalists to a larger extent. Data were analysed using frequency and percentage method. It is recommended that seminars and workshops should be organized regularly for the media practitioners in order to grow as technology grows.
Related Project Materials
THE ROLE OF AUDIT COMMITTEES IN ENHANCING FINANCIAL REPORTING CREDIBILITY
ABSTRACT:
This research investigates the role of audit committees in enhancing financial reporting cred...
DISPATCH RIDER SYSTEM
ABSTRACT
This project (Design and Implementation of a Dispatch Rider System) is a logistics/delivery app that allows users to connect to...
ATTITUDES OF WOMEN TOWARDS UTILIZATION OF MODERN CONTRACEPTIVES
ABSTRACT
The study intended to assess the attitudes of women towards utilization of &n...
ENHANCING INTERNALLY GENERATED REVENUE THROUGH TOURISM DEVELOPMENT
ABSTRACT
This study was carried out to examine whether tourism development enhances internally generated revenue in Akwa...
INFLUENCE OF OWNERSHIP IN RADIO NEWS COVERAGE (A STUDY OF FEDERAL RADIO CORPORATION OF NIGERIA, ENUGU)
Abstract
This study was undertaken to examine to influence of ownership in radio new coverage. Categories of media ownership in Nigeria a...
THE EFFECT OF UNEMPLOYMENT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA (1980-2010)
ABSTRACT
The study was designed to investigate the effect of unemployment on economics growth in Nigeria for a period of 31 years (1980-2...
APPRAISAL OF THE EFFECT OF ADVERTISING ON CUSTOMERS PATRONAGE IN THE FAST FOOD INDUSTRY
ABSTRACT
This research study is generally intended to apprise the effect of advertising on customers pa...
EVALUATION OF THE MANAGEMENT OF ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMME
ABSTRACT
The study is on Evaluation of the Management of Adult Education Programme in Niger State, Nigeria from 2010 – 2015. The st...
DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF EXPERIMENTS ON THE METHODS OF ESTIMATING VARIANCE COMPONENTS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Variance measures the variability or difference from a mean or response. A variance value of 0 i...
COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF HOPS AND SOME POTENTIAL NIGERIAN SUBSTITUTES IN BEER BREWING
BACKGROUND OF STUDY
Plants are important to our everyday life. They provide us with food, produce oxygen that we breath and serve as raw...
