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Influence Of Information And Communication Technologies(icts) On News Gathering
[A CASE STUDY OF PRACTICING JOURNALISTS IN OWERRI MUNICIPAL COUNCIL]
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The computer is at
the very heart of the convergence and its entry into the media industry
has been a credible boom in terms of speed, innovation and accuracy,
Ikpe and Ibekwe (2006). They believed that the computer earned this
enviable position in the digital convergence because of its ability to
transform text, number, sound and graphics into a digital form. The
application if ICTs to the media industry has changed the working of the
industry, it has influenced broadcast product content, circulation
aesthetics and the quality of staff in each ICT driven establishment and
created a new set of new carrier. The strategy has also brought people
of different profession together. Like those in computer science,
electronic engineering etc. In what Nwosu (2007:11) called Synergistic
communication for development, where professionals from various fields
poll ideas and resources together towards achieving a sustainable human
development.
Journalism in the 21st century is an amalgam of
training competence and expertise. It requires the sagacity of
appreciating audience new and the ability to meet customers’ aspiration
for prosperity a shine on journalist Owuamalam (2006:125). It is only
when journalist are abreast with technologies of the 21st century that
journalism will be hailed as relevance to the need and service of the
society. Journalist must note that at the punch of technology driver’s
communication button, one is ushered into the information super highway
where the desired information about the world is at ones palm. They must
discover appropriate use for each new technology to note that laptop
computers, GSM handset and even video phones are useless if not put to
appropriate use Owuamalam (2006:122).
ICTs have aided in every
aspect of mass communication in Nigeria, advertising has survived
through the years of early press to the modern times with increasing
modernizations as a result of advancement in information and
communication technology (ICTs) Obasi (2011:205)
Since ICTs
have made it possible for individual who may reside as far off north.
Say America assess the details of issues that go on in America, say
Nigeria just as it is happening Owualamam (2006:177). Therefore ask:
- What therefore is the implication of journalism in the use of sophisticated and most modern equipment in the 21st century?
- How will the transformation affect journalists their roles and the performance in contemporary times?
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How would journalism grapple with the dictate of the new technology
where power supply is epileptic and sometimes erratic or even with the
embarrassing scarcity of fuel for power generation in Nigeria, the 7th
largest producer of oil in the world.
It is the manner with which
the media correspondents utilize these ICTs materials for effective
gathering, processing and dissemination of news and information in what
this research sets out to find out. Also, it becomes necessary to
understand how journalistic effectiveness, efficiency, competence and
training can be attained in the information jet.
Above all, this
study seeks to ascertain the perception of journalist on the extent to
which the ICTs have influence the media practice, as regards
performance, efficiency, job substitution or loss amongst others.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ] This study “Influence of ICTs on news writing, a study of practicing journalists in Owerri municipal council†has positive impact on news writing and reporting because the advent of modern technology has really done great thing in our country. It is relevant to journalism practice because every technological breakthrough brings with its new audience, new orientation, new prospects and challenges. For an organization to effectively sell its products to an audience efficiently and ef ... Continue reading---
