ABSTRACT This inquiry examined theEffect of Social Networks on the Behaviour of Secondary School Students in Mercy Model Schools, Ilaporu-Ijebu of Ogun State, Nigeria. It investigated the Risk that comes with use of Social Network on the Secondary School Students in Mercy Model Schools. The study made use of descriptive survey research. The population consisted of all the students in Mercy Model Schools which preliminary investigation put at 200 students. The sample size is comprised of 96 ...
ABSTRACT The researcher examines the effects of broadcast media campaign against ethno-religious crisis in Nigeria. Considering the long existing problems created by this menace, an audience based research of this nature is imperative. Survey research method was adopted in the research design to elicit reliable opinion from a known sample of the population based on Taro Yamane formula and the 2006 Census Report. The researcher framed five research questionnaires as research instrument to gath...
Abstract This thesis considers the role of community media in contemporary media policy developments of Anglophone Sub-Saharan Africa. The study is broadly located within the discourse on ‘shapers’ of media policy developments. The empirical materials draw upon various case studies of media regulation and community press and broadcasting media campaigns in South Africa, Ghana, and Nigeria. The case studies were conducted using mixed methods approach in a qualitative way. The methodologica...
Abstract Architecture is a social form of art while literature can either be a written or verbal form of art. Reflecting on the literature of a particular region can help to better understand the fundamental basics of the architecture of such region. Just as the Architecture of a region is a reflection of the people’s culture and way of life, Literature more often than not is also a written or verbal documentation of life experiences and narratives that may cut across culture, lifestyl...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to assess the determinants of contraceptive use among females in Ghana. The rate of contraceptive use among females in Ghana is very low. That leads to high fertility, high maternal mortality and high infant mortality in the country. So to improve the overall reproductive health status of women, it is important to encourage contraceptive use among women. This study investigates the effects of some demographic, social programmatic factors on current use of con...
TABLE OF CONTENTSCHAPTERONE1.0 IN"TRODUCTION ........................................................................................... 41.1 BACKGROUND ............................................................................................. 41.2 STATEMENT OF Tiffi PROBLEM ............................................................... 51.3 STUDY OBJECTNES .................................................................................... 61.4 SCOPE OF Tiffi STUDY .........................
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...
Social media refers to the means of interactions among people in which they create, share, and exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and networks (Ahlqvist 2003). Andreas Kaplan and Michael Haenlein define social media as ‘a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0, and that allow the creation and exchange of user-generated content (Kaplan 2010). Furthermore, social media depends on mobile and webbased techno...
Architecture is a social form of art while literature can either be written or verbal form of art. Reflecting on the literature of a particular region can help to better understand the fundamental basics of the architecture of such region. Just as the Architecture of a region is a reflection of the people’s culture and way of life, Literature more often than not is also a written or verbal documentation of life experiences and narratives that may cut across culture, lifestyle, traditions, a...
ABSTRACT The study investigated two main issues; the types, causes and effects of immorality among students in the Second Cycle Institutions and the solutions to the problems of immorality among students in the various Second Cycle Institutions in the Asante Akyem North District. The research design used for the study is a descriptive survey. The decision to use the descriptive survey is based on the fact that this research is non-experimental as it deals with describing the existing conditio...
TABLE OF CONTENTDECLARATIONAPPROVALDEDICATION iiiACKNOWLEDGEMENTTABLE OF CONTENT VLIST OF TABLES VULIST OF ABBREVIATION viiiixCHAFFER ONE IINTRODUCTION ICHAFFER TWOLITERATURE REVIEW 72.0 Introduction 72.1 ‘Theoretical Review 72.2 Emipirical Review 92.3 The Role of Television in the Promotion of Community Development Initiatives 112.3.1 Television Effects on Social Development II2.3.2. Television in Public Service Delivery 132.3.3 Television Affects Development Communication Through Its Prog...
Abstract This chapter is concerned with the background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, scope of the study, and significance of the study. 1.1 Background of the study The mass media have been found to play a critical role in maintaining the gender-power imbalance, passing on dominant, patriarchal and sexist values. But such a situation is not inherent in the nature of media. They can instead be agents of development and progress if guided by...
ABSTRACT Zimbabwean mass media has profoundly been polarised by two significant camps, progovernment and anti-government mass media establishments. Public opinion has primarily been centered on the binary ideological inclinations of these two camps. The heavily censored political environment in Zimbabwe since the imposition of the Public Order and Security Act 11 17(POSA) resulted in political interaction and expression of personal dispositions being subverted thereby resulting in „silence...
ABSTRACT Over the last two decade, there has been a remarkable rise in the use of the mass media by all religious groups in Ghana. This is large, due to the recent liberalization of the Ghanaian media. Focusing on these developments, this study has examined the usage of the media by traditional priests and priestesses in Ghana. The study examines the influence that the appropriation of modern media technologies has brought on the current face of the indigenous religion in Ghana. The most po...
ABSTRACT This study investigated factors which contribute to drug abuse among students in secondary schools around Arusha Municipality. The study was mainly qualitative, involving descriptive survey research design and supported by the quantitative approach. Using both stratified random and purposive sampling procedures, a sample size of 233 respondents was used. Qualitative data were analyzed thematically and presented through descriptions and quotations while the Statistical Package for So...