CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.0 Background of the Study

The rapid adoption of information communication and technology  by journalist is a nationwide phenomenon. The process by which computerization or digitalization impacted upon the media of the 21th Century has moved on many fronts and at different speeds. 

Agba (2007, p.83) notes that “ with desktop publishing and word processing packages, particularly the page maker, the production of newspapers, magazines, journals etc has become on interesting business more so with the use of video display terminals (VDTS)”

Desktop publish which is the use of a computer and specialized software to combine text and graphics to create a document that can be printed on either a laser printer or a typesetting machine has lessen the burden of typesetting on the old manual typewriter. The use of computer in lay out and printing enhances accuracy, helping to control newspaper and magazine costs. Electronic editing; proofreading, formatting, spellchecking tools, calculator and other software tools now facilitate the speed and ease news gathering and dissemination. Also, the use of electronic publishing which involves the process through which print media disseminate printed messages using electronic media has closed the wide gap between print and electronic media as a result of convergence in technology...