ABSTRACT News media helped individuals think about and understand the impacts of hosting the Olympic Games, enabling them to clarify or construct their own opinions toward an Olympic bid. The purpose of this study was to explore to what extent the public opinion of hosting the Olympic Games was affected by the newspaper media content to which the public was exposed. Based on social exchange theory, social representation theory, and agenda setting theory, two research questions were proposed:...
Investigation of social media using social network theory is a new powerful tool that will aid and ease law enforcement agencies in multi-faceted ways in this ever evolving digital landscape. It is against this backdrop that this study focused on identifying and investigating selected individuals on Facebook and Twitter social media platforms. In particular, selected respondents from University of Eldoret, Kibabii, Moi, Kisii and Rongo Universities were involved in the study. The objecti...
ABSTRACT The research aims at assessing the impacts of electronic media usage on youth in central Uganda in particularly Makindye division as a case study. Both qualitative and quantitative techniques will be used .The qualitative techniques will be presented by use oftables·and converted to percentages according to the themes and the data collection method will include interviews, observation, questionnaires and the data will be descriptive in nature. The objective of the study is to examin...
AbstractThe aim of this study was to determine the impact of social media on modern journalism in Makurdi metropolis. To achieve this aim, the survey research method and chi-square were used. Subjects were drawn from journalists in Makurdi metropolis in Benue State, using the purposive sampling technique. Three research questions and one alternative hypothesis guided the study. Research findings showed that social media have enhanced the productivity of journalists in Makurdi metropolis and a...
ABSTRACT The research is an investigation on the nature of violence against women on social and online media in Zimbabwe. A review of the causes and factors that causes violence against women on social and online media was discussed, the reason why women should not be abused and also the legal structural policies protecting women in their homes. Theories were the support bases of the thesis. Only qualitative research method was used to gather information with the use of secondary and primary ...
Abstract The study assessed the effects of covid-19 pandemic on mental well-being of the people of Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria. The Purposes of the study are to identify if financial constraints, post-traumatic stress and anxiety will be effects of COVID-19 pandemic on mental well-being of the people of Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria. A descriptive research design of survey type was employed for this study. The population for this s...
ABSTRACT The various literature studies intended to stress the mass media role in the National Development which reflects in the area of democracy political leadership. In this study the researcher decided to draw home the truism that without a national political consciousness and viable political participation resulting in good leadership; there could be no genuine national development. The mass media as the fourth estate of government had been assigned the various responsibilitie...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the impact of social network sites on employee productivity with special reference to UAC Nigeria Plc. The objectives of the study were to find out the influence of social networking sites on employee performance, to investigate the effect of social networking sites on employee organizational commitment and examine the effect of social networking sites on employee productivity. Bases on the objectives of the study three research questions were posed which also led...
ABSTRACT Micro, small and medium size enterprises (MSMEs) have been identified as promoters of economic growth in the country. However, most managers of these MSMEs are unwilling to commit necessary resources towards market oriented activities because they have insufficient funds. Individual internet usage in Ghana has also increased from 5.44% in 2009 to 17.11% in 2012 and Facebook was the most visited website in Africa. The paper identifies the extent to which social media is a beneficial a...
Abstract Youths constitute a vibrant, critical resource input in the development process of any nation. It is, therefore, imperative that their health and wellbeing be safeguarded in the pursuit and sustenance of the socio-economic transformation of any society. With the unabated high prevalence of HIV and AIDS among this age cohort, communication campaigns must be restrategized, diversified and focused on effecting change in the behaviours that predispose young people to HIV infection. Prov...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to examine the role played by Zanzibar Leo Newspaper through its involvement in advocating for the right of people living with disabilities in Zanzibar. The study to examine the magnitude of Zanzibar Leo newspapers’ involvement in advocacy of the right of people with disabilities.To explore the challenges faced by the media (Zanzibar Leo newspaper) in advocating for the rights of disabled people and To find out other ways concerned by the media to advoc...
ABSTRACT Social media are web-based services that gives individual the opportunity to create either a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system, add a list of others to with they share a connection and view and transverse their list of connections and those made by others within the system. Therefore, this study was carried out with the aim of examining the impact of use of social media on students’ academic performance in Ibanda municipality. In other to measure social media ...
ABSTRACT The reading habit of secondary school students in Nigeria has been found to be on the decline. This trend can be traced to lack of library infrastructure and facilities in most schools and homes. This has raised concern among stakeholders and portends danger for the academic performance. Previous studies have focused more on home- and school-related factors with little emphasis on students-related factors such as selfesteem, peer influence and social media utilisation. This study...
Abstact INTRODUCTION This study examines the socialness of online social media, specifically WhatsApp and Facebook. Literature (Papacharissi 2010, Bauman 2013), shows that online social media helps in creating communities, bonds, socializing and gatherings just like organic communities. Facebook users can claim to have hundreds of friends in their network, yet sometimes find it difficult to name half a dozen people that they have actually met in their local neighborhood. While social networks...
Abstract/Overview Pre-school children come into daily contact with various forms of mass media which influence their academic and social behaviour. Though television has been used to play a monumental role in promotion of education and entertainment, children with full exposure to television have been found to perform poorly in class and fail to speak languages fluently. Public confidence in it is in question as many stakeholders have expressed concern about the amount of television and t...