INFLUENCE OF NEWSPAPER OWNERSHIP ON NEWS REPORTING PIONEER NEWSPAPER, UYO
Abstract
This study is on Influence of Newspaper Ownership on News Reporting Pioneer Newspaper, Uyo. For the study to have focus, research questions were formulated and objectives were set among which the objectives were, find the extent to which newspaper ownership has affected News reporting in Pioneer Newspaper, to examine the effect of newspaper ownership on news credibility of Pioneer Newspaper. The population of this study comprises the journalist and staffs of Pioneer Newspaper, Uyo which makes a total of 20 staff. The study adopted case survey research design, The simple random sampling procedure was used to select 15 respondents from the staff Pioneer Newspaper, Uyo. Among the findings of the study were; Newspaper ownership affects journalism practice greatly and the effect of newspaper ownership on news credibility is that it make the news susceptible to abuse by owners, news ownership can lead to news distortion and public rejection of the news. Based on the findings, it was recommended that there is need for Nigerian Union of Journalist (NUJ) to intervene in order to mandate the broadcast media to live up to its social responsibility of protecting the publics’ right to receive reliable and accurate information.
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