EFFECTS OF THE NEWS FLOW/IMBALANCE OF WORLD INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION ORDER ON DEVELOPING NATIONS OF AFRICA

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THE EFFECTS OF THE NEWS FLOW/IMBALANCE OF WORLD INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION ORDER ON DEVELOPING NATIONS OF AFRICA (A STUDY OF NIGERIAN NEWS FLOW)

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER ONE

1.0  INTRODUCTION                                               1

1.1  Background of the Study                                         1

1.2  Statement of the Problems                               6

  1. Objectives of the Study                                    7

1.4  Significance of the Study                                         8

1.5  Research Questions                                          9

  1. Research Hypotheses                                       10
  2. Definition of terms (Conceptual and Operational) 10
  3. Assumption                                                    12
  4. Limitation of Study                                          13
  5. Theoretical Framework                                     14

CHAPTER TWO

  1. REVIEW OF LITERATURE                            17

2.1  Sources of Literature                                        17

2.2  Review of Relevant Literature                            17

2.3  Summary of Literature Review                                 41

 

CHAPTER THREE

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY                               45

3.1  Research Method                                             45

3.2  Research Design                                              46

3.3  Research Population                                                46

3.4  Research Sample Size                                       47

3.7  Method of Data Collection                                 49

3.8  Method of Data Analysis                                   49

3.9  Expected Results                                             50

 

CHAPTER FOUR

DATA ANALYSIS AND RESULT PRESENTATION     52

4.1  Data Analysis                                                  52

4.2  Research Hypothesis Testing                             57

4.3  Discussion of Findings                                      57

 

CHAPTER FIVE

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS    61

5.1  Summary of Findings                                       61

5.2  Conclusion                                                      62

5.3  Recommendations                                           63

Bibliography                                                    66

Appendix                                                        69

 

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1  BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

The world information flow controversy is perhaps the most topical issue in international communities today.

This global controversy is basically about the demand by the south for a change in the present pattern of information flow between it and the north. The south also knows that the third world or under developed or developing countries of the world contends that there is gross unbalance both in quality and quantity, in global information flow between the south and the north, also known as the first world countries of the world.

This inbalance according to the south, has placed it at the receiving end as developing countries are daily bombarded with information and other media materials which do not meet their development needs and more importantly tend to debase their culture and portray them as inferior in the eyes of all.

Supporting this assertion, Okunna (1993:92) say, A lot of research evidence has been gathered over the year to demonstrate the unbalance in the quality and particularly, quantity of global mass communication. This unbalance with the attendant dangers of culture domination through mass communication in at the root of protracted demand for a new world information and communication.

The north on its own part argues that the flow of information should be free and unrestricted quoting the 1940 united Nation (UN) declaration on the freedom of information as the basis of her arguments.

 

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