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INFLUENCE OF CITIZEN JOURNALISM ON JOURNALISTS’ COMPLIANCE TO PROFESSIONAL ETHICS. AN EXAMINATION OF THE PERCEPTION OF OGUN STATE JOURNALISTS

Table of contents

CHAPTER ONE: Introduction                                                                                               1

1.1       Background to the Study                                                                                            1

1.2       Statement of the Problem                                                                                           3

1.3       Objectives of the Study                                                                                              4

1.4       Research Questions                                                                                                    4

1.5       Scope of the Study                                                                                                      5

1.6       Significance of the Study                                                                                           5

1.7       Limitations of the Study                                                                                             5

1.8.     Operational Definition of Terms                                                                               6

CHAPTER TWO: Conceptual Review                                                                                  7

2.1       The Concept of Citizen Journalism                                                                            7

2.1.1    Origin of Citizen Journalism                                                                                      10

2.1.2    The Citizen Journalist                                                                                                12

2.1.3   Citizen Journalism in Nigeria                                                                                    13

2.1.4    Professional Ethics                                                                                                     18

2.1.4.1 Ethical Challenges of Citizen Journalism                                                                  18

2.1.4.2 Code of Ethics for Nigerian Journalists                                                                     21

2.1.5    Impact of Citizen Journalism on Journalism Profession                                            23

2.1.5.1 Potentials of Citizen Journalism                                                                                 24

2.1.5.2 Criticisms of Citizen Journalism                                                                                26

2.1.6    Citizen Journalism in Relationship to Conventional Journalism                                    29

2.1.7    The Future of Citizen Journalism                                                                               32

2.2       Theoretical Review                                                                                        34

2.3       Empirical Review                                                                                                       35

2.4 Theoretical Framework                                                                                                    37

CHAPTER THREE: Methodology                                                                                        41

Introduction                                                                                                                            41

3.1       Research Design                                                                                                         41

3.2       Population of the Study                                                                                              41

3.3       sample and Sampling Technique                                                                               42

3.4       Sample Size                                                                                                                43

3.5.      Research Instrument                                                                                                   43

3.6       Validity and Reliability of Research Instrument                                                        44

3.7       Method of Data Collection                                                                                         44

3.8       Method of Data Analysis                                                                                            44

CHAPTER FOUR: Data Presentation and Interpretation                                                      45

4.1       Demographic Characteristics of Respondents                                                            45

4.2       Analysis of Questionnaire Items and Research Questions                                         47

4.3       Discussion of Findings                                                                                               52

CHAPTER FIVE: Summary, Conclusion and Recommendation                                          54

5.0       Introduction                                                                                                                54

5.1       Summary                                                                                                                    54

5.2       Conclusion                                                                                                                  55

5.3       Recommendations                                                                                                      55

5.4       Suggestions for further studies                                                                                   57

References                                                                                                                              58

Appendix: Questionnaire                                                                                            60

Abstract

The study investigates the influence of citizen journalism on journalists’ compliance to professional ethics: an examination of the perception of Ogun state journalists. The study specifically determine the influence of citizen journalism practice on the compliance of Ogun State journalists to the ethics of their profession; it discover the direction of the influence of citizen journalism on the compliance of Ogun state journalists to the ethics of their profession and also find out the benefits (if any) that citizen journalism has brought on journalism practice in Ogun state. The study adopted survey research design using questionnaire as the prime instrument. A sample size of two hundred and thirty was drawn from of five hundred and fifty (550) registered journalists in Ogun State to represent the entire population. Data generated from the study were analysed using descriptive statistics such as frequency count and simple percentage. Findings from the study showed that citizen journalism has no influence on compliance of Ogun state journalists to the ethics of journalism. It was revealed that citizen journalist have eroded journalist integrity, it has also challenged the principle of objectivity and also lack balance while it was revealed that citizen journalists are not agenda-driven activist. Finally, the study confirmed that the practice of citizen journalism confers little benefits on the practice of journalism profession in Ogun state. Among other recommendations is that citizen journalism should be organised, bound by rules and codes of ethics, and those who engage in it need to understand the guidelines that must be followed to publish news

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