MEDIA OWNERSHIP AND ITS INFLUENCE ON EDITORIAL POLICY

(A CASE STUDY OF ANNOUNCER NEWSPAPER OWERRI)

By

GRANT LOVINAH

Presented To

Department of Mass Communication

In Nigeria, we have three kinds or types of media ownership. These include, private ownership, government ownership and mixed ownership.

The essence of embarking on this research work- Media ownership and its influence on editorial policy is to x-ray the extent the publishers, or owner(s) of various media houses has gone in using their ownership factor to determine the pace such a media (or media as the case may be ) follows.

However, the work is extensively treated from chapters 1-5. Chapter one has the introduction of the work while chapter two reviews related literatures on the study. Chapter three centers on the research methodology whereas chapter four has to do with data analyses and results. In chapter five, summary of the entire work was given as well as recommendation for further studies.

TITLE PAGE                            II
ABSTRACT                            III
APPROVAL PAGE                        IV
DEDICATION                            V
TABLE OF CONTENTS                    VI

CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION                            1
1.1    Background of study                    1
1.2    Statement of Research Problem            8
1.3    Objectives of Study                    10
1.4    Significance of Study                    10
1.5    Research Question                    10
1.6    Research Hypothesis                    11
1.7    Definition of Terms                    12
1.8    Assumption                        13
1.9    Limitations of the Study                14

CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF LITERATURE
2.1    Sources of Literature                    15
2.2    The Review- Theoretical Frame Work        15
2.3    Summary of  Literature Review            17

CHAPTER TREE
METHODOLOGY
3.1    Research Method                    19
3.2    Research Design                        19
3.3    Research Sample                    20    
3.4    Measuring Instrument                    20
3.5    Data Collection                        21
3.6    Data Analysis                        23
3.7    Expected Results                    23

CHAPTER FOUR
4.1    Analyses                            25
4.2    Discussions                        33

CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1    Summary                            36
5.2    Recommendations                    38

QUESTIONNAIRE                        40
APPENDIX                                42
BIBLIOGRAPHY                            43