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The Challenges Of Radio News Gathering And Reporting A Comparative Analysis Of The Federal Radio Corporation Of Nigeria (frcn)
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1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
In order to put this research into perspective the researcher has put down some salient questions that deserve clarifications;
1. What are the various techniques adopted by FRCN Kaduna and RayPower 100.5 fm Jos in news gathering?
2. What are the challenges facing FRCN Kaduna and RayPower 100.5 fm Jos in news gathering?
3. In what ways are the challenges faced by FRCN Kaduna and RayPower 100.5 fm Jos similar or different in news gathering?
4. How does ownership affect news gathering in these news media?
1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
After
the whole work is completed, media outfits will benefit because the
researcher must have suggested other ways through which they can easily
set information for their news.
The society on the other hand will
also benefit in the sense that when these media outfits access
information, they will disseminate it to the general public.
The study will also add knowledge to scholars and upcoming researchers on these challenges.
1.6 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
Every
event, situation or circumstances occurs with an environment. It means
that the event as a phenomenon occurs in an environment. Owuamalam
(2012), the area within which the event occurs is the scope of the
study. He added that it delimits the area or subject, from a vast area
of consideration. Scope therefore makes the area of study manageable for
effective research study. The scope of the researchers work is FRCN
Kaduna and RayPower 100.5 fm Jos.
1.7 OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF TERMS
Radio:
It is the transmission of signal by modulation of electromagnetic waves
with frequencies below those visible light received by heterogeneous
audience.
Reporting: To write or give account of something for
the purpose of presentation to others, for the publication of news in
the newspaper, radio and television.
Nigeria: Is a Federal
constituted Republic comprising of 36 states and one (1) Federal
Capital Territory (FCT). The country is located in West Africa and
boarders the Gulf of Guinea with Republic of Benin in West and Cameroun
in the East. Nigeria has a compact area of 923.768sqaure kilometers.
News:
News is a product of human cognition, individual world views and other
socializing influences that shared to the public.
Challenges: Are impediments faced by people or organizations in carrying out an act or responsibility.
Comparative: This is the item-by-item comparison of two or more comparable alternatives, product, qualification the like.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This research work seeks to find out the challenges faced by two radio news medium, the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) Kaduna and Ray Power 100.5 Fm Jos in news gathering and reporting, and to also compare and contrast these challenges faced by the two medium. In the review of related literature, scholars in the area under review gave different views to news and news gathering. It was observed that news refers to accurate and timely happenings, discoveries, opinions, and matters ... Continue reading---
