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
- Objectives of the Study 7
1.4 Significance of the Study 8
1.5 Research Questions 9
- Research Hypotheses 10
- Definition of terms (Conceptual and Operational) 10
- Assumption 12
- Limitation of Study 13
- Theoretical Framework 14
CHAPTER TWO
- 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.