IMPACT OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY(ICT) ON RADIO BROADCASTING IN NIGERIA; A STUDY OF THE FEDERAL RADIO CORPORATION OF NIGERIA (FRCN) IBADAN,OYO STATE.
Abstract
This thesis is based on the impact of Information Communication Technology (ICT) on radio
broadcasting in Nigeria. A study ofthe Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) Ibadan,
Oyo state. The study examined the history ofbroadcasting in Nigeria and also highlighted the
problems faced by media stations in its news dissemination process. To serve as the
foundation of this work, the diffusion of innovation and the technological determinism theories
were employed. Simple random sampling was used as the base for this research as it examined
one hundred respondents which formed the sample size. The findings showed the sustenance and
development of information in radio broadcasting. It helped in projecting programmes, news
and information easily accessible on a wider scale at any particular time to its audience. The
study confirms that information communication technology broadens and advances the means or
channels of broadcasting on a wider and faster level. Its contents however, depend on
the
creativity,
professionalism and craft of broadcasters. It also recommends that
journalist should upgrade their knowledge on the advancement of information communication
technology and strongly uphold their professional ethical codes for better performance and
higher standard
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