SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND DATA PRESENTATION ON NEWSPAPER READING HABIT OF THE YOUTHS IN OJI RIVER LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ENUGU
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
5.0 INTRODUCTION
This chapter summarizes all that has been
done in the course of this research.
5.1 SUMMARY
This study started with a pressing
motive to determine if television viewing takes precedence over newspaper
reading in the lives of the youths in Oji River Local Government Area of Enugu
State. Over the years, it has been observed that youths spend greater part of
their spare time viewing television, but it wasn’t so observable if part or any
of their time was also allotted to newspaper reading.
Following a very careful studied and
review of various theories and works of diverse authors, the researcher then
employed the survey design and questionnaire together with observation and did
a random selection of respondents after which the responses gathered were then
presented in tables using relevant frequencies and percentages.
The researcher found out that the
television viewing precedence over newspaper reading habits of youths in Oji
River Local Government Area of Enugu State was mostly as a result of readily
availability of television sets in almost every home. The study also found out
that although some youths in the area of this research have access to
newspaper, they seldom read it because no conscious effort has been made on the
part of the parents and guardians to instill reading culture into them, hence
the opt to television viewing.
5.2 CONCLUSION
From the findings and data gathered
from respondents, the researcher came to the right conclusion that truly, the
youths of Oji River Local Government Area of Enugu State prefer television
viewing as oppose to newspaper reading.
5.3 RECOMMENDATIONS
Education is a continuous process. It
can be acquired formally through attendance in schools, workshops, seminars, or
other form of training. Travelling has been recognized as an important form of
education. People can become educated by travelling to lands far away from them
through leisure reading of newspapers, magazines and books and thereby learn
about the culture and environment of other people. On the strength of the
above, the habit of reading newspaper should begin at an early stage and should
be imbibed throughout one’s lifetime. Parents, guardians and teachers should
make this reminder a repeated one. I also recommend further research in this
area while all hands must be on desk to ameliorate the time the youths in Oji
River Local Government Area of Enugu State spend viewing television.
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