ABSTRACT This study compares how community and national newspapers disseminate local news. This study is meant to know between the two categories of newspaper which pays more attention and gives more prominence to local news dissemination. The purpose of this work therefore is to evaluate the roles newspaper play in fostering community and national newspaper. Meanwhile the researcher chose and studied from population all the Nigerian newspapers both community and national. One hundred and thirty nine (139) respondents as sample size using simple random sampling techniques. In order to achieve these objectives, a community newspaper (EKWULOBIA NEWS) and a national newspaper (THIS DAY) were content analyzed. The key variables in the newspaper which were identified, categorized, and coded were: News type, news placement and prominence in the newspapers within a certain period. The front, inside and back pages of newspapers were also content analyzed to determine the level of preference and importance attached to local news by community and national newspapers.
TABLE OF CONTENT Title Certification Declaration Dedication Acknowledge Table of contents Abstract CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background information 1.2 Statement of problem 1.3 Research objectives 1.4 Research question 1.5 Significance of the study 1.6 Scope and limitation of the study 1.7 Operational definition of terms CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Introduction 2.2 History of print media in Nigeria 2.3 Rational for local news dissemination 2.4 Newspaper functions in society 2.5 Theoretical framework 2.6 summary of literature review CHAPTER THREE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Research design 3.3 Population of study 3.4 Sample size 3.5 sampling techniques 3.6 Development of instrument 3.7 Validity of the instrument 3.8 Reliability of the instrument 3.9 Method of data analysis CHAPTER FOUR DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Data analysis and discussion
CHAPTER FIVE SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Summary 5.3 Conclusion 5.4 Recommendation 5.5 Recommendation for further studies References Appendix A Appendix B (Questionnaires)
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF COMMUNITY & NATIONAL NEWSPAPER IN LOCAL NEWS DISSEMINATION (A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF THIS DAY AND EKWULOBIA NEWS)
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