Abstract: In the clamour for a new world information and communication order
(NV/ICO), extensive scholarly attention has been given to international disparities
and their effects. But national and domestic issues have only been mentioned,
when at ail, in passing. This article attempts to investigate the possibility of
there being a domestic dimension to the world imbalance. The daily news bulletins
of four Nigerian broadcast stations were monitored for three months and analysed.
The result shows that a very minute proportion of news (7.1%) deals with
rural areas and rural issues. Even this little fraction is one-way information to and
not from rural people. About one-third of the rural news is decontextualised.
All these point to the need to tackle the quest for a new order on the home front
as well.
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OJEBODE, AYOBAMI . "Why the search for global newsflow balance should begin at home" Afribary (2021). Accessed May 08, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/why-the-search-for-global-newsflow-balance-should-begin-at-home