RURAL COMMUNICATION IN RADIO BAYELSA STATE AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION FOR DEVELOPMENT

RURAL COMMUNICATION IN RADIO BAYELSA STATE AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION FOR DEVELOPMENT

ABSTRACT

This study evaluates the rural communication in Radio Bayelsa and access to information for development. The study focused on inadequate information that affect the development of rural society. The research population consisted of both male and female, educated and non-educated who are between the ages of 16-50 years old, using the stratified random sampling, with a questionnaire containing open and closed question as the research instrument, a total of two hundred (200) copies of questionnaire were distributed but only (180) one-hundred and eighty were retrieved. Data were analyzed using simple percentage and frequency tables. Based on the responses, the study found out that radio is the common communication medium used for rural development. Therefore, the study recommended that government should empower radio programmes to inform and motivate the rural people and radio information should be made more accessible for rural people.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS                                                                PAGES

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.0            Introduction         -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        1

1.1     Background          of Study     -        -        -        -        -        -        1

1.2     Statement of problem    -        -        -        -        -        -        4

1.3     Objectives of the study  -        -        -        -        -        -        5

1.4     Research questions        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        6

1.5     Significance of the study         -        -        -        -        -        -        6

1.6     Scope of the study         -        -        -        -        -        -        -        7

1.7     Limitation of the study  -        -        -        -        -        -        7

1.8     Definition of terms         -        -        -        -        -        -        -        7

CHAPTER TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW

2.0     Introduction         -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        9

2.1     Theoretical review         -        -        -        -        -        -        -        9

2.1.1  Modernization paradigm         -        -        -        -        -        -        10

2.1.2  Participatory communication paradigm     -        -        -        13

2.2     Conceptual review         -        -        -        -        -        -        -        15

2.2.1  Concept of communication     -        -        -        -        -        15

2.2.2  The role of Communication in the society  -        -        -        17

2.2.3  Mass Communication    -        -        -        -        -        -        18

2.2.4  Mass Media          -        -        -        -        -        -        -        19

2.2.5  The Functional Roles of the Mass Media   -        -        -        19

2.2.6  Radio          -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        25

2.2.7  Rural Development        -        -        -        -        -        -        26

2.2.8  Basic Need Approach to Development      -        -        -        30

           

CHAPTER THREE

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.0     Introduction         -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        34

3.1     Research design    -        -        -        -        -        -        -        34

3.2     Research population      -        -        -        -        -        -        35

3.3     Research procedures      -        -        -        -        -        -        35

3.4     Research instrument      -        -        -        -        -        -        35

3.5     Method of data collection        -        -        -        -        -        36

3.6     Method of data analysis -        -        -        -        -        -        36

CHAPTER FOUR

DATA PRESENTATION, INTERPRETATION AND ANALYSIS

4.0     Introduction         -        -        -        -        -        -        -        37

4.1     Data presentation and analysis         -        -        -        -        -        37

4.2     Data analysis       -        -        -        -        -        -        -        47

CHAPTER FIVE

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

5.0     Introduction         -        -        -        -        -        -        -        49

5.1     Summary of findings     -        -        -        -        -        -        49

5.2     Conclusion -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        50

5.3     Recommendations         -        -        -        -        -        -        -        50

         

REFERENCES   -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        52

Appendix I -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        53

Appendix II (Questionnaire)   -        -        -        -        -        -        54