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Attitude Of Caritas Female Mass Communication Students Towards Journalism As A Career
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In other levels, the Numbers of female students surpassed the Number of
Male students in the department of Mass Communication with great
difference.
In recent year, Media houses in the Western countries
lack trained journalist in the various communication activities.
Invariably, it has been the same in Nigeria and this could be seen in
most cases of the media houses in Nigeria. There has been an imbalance
in the number of female and male trained Journalists working with them.
Those who are worried about this situation said that if there were more
women that men seeking Jobs in the media houses and they all have the
same ability and background, more men get the job (Women in
communication, Pg. 8) she noted that women could only be awarded a job
if they are hardworking and qualified, they must be awarded or offered a
job in the journalism professions.
Further more, the Enugu
Television Authority has about twenty seven trained journalists on its
staff, five out of the twenty seven are female. The situation is similar
in other media institutions through out Nigeria and in most Western
countries.
1.2 Statement of the Research Problem
According to
Omenugha (2004. P, 4) “one thing that is glaring in the Nigeria media is
the near absence of Nigeria women as Newsmakersâ€. Though Nigeria is
developing, it got to stage where the female journalists and their male
counterparts should be competing in the media houses. The number of
female journalists in the field is very fern compared to the
number that graduates from journalism schools and universities. This
study was undertaken to analyses the low participation of the female
journalists, it was observed that good number of trained female
journalists go into the profession but very few of them practice the
career.
Therefore the question the study seeks to answer is the
attitude of Caritas female Mass Communication students towards
journalism as a career.
1.3 Objectives of the Study
The objectives of the study are;
 To find out if the hazard of journalism as a career scare women away from the profession.
 To find out if the fragile nature of women make them drop their profession for less hazardrous jobs after their training.
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To find out possible solutions to the female aparthy to the journalism
profession in Nigeria vis a vis counterparts in other countries.
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