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 "Times New Roman"">The study is a descriptive survey designed to examine
 information and communication technology and changes in media production and
 distribution. A total of one hundred and fourteen respondents comprised staff
 of Vanguard and Daily Sun newspapers was used as sample size of the study. The
 study however collected its data from primary and secondary sources. Primary
 data was collected through interviews and administration of questionnaires.
 Secondary data was collected from journals, magazines, textbooks, internet,
 etc. The analysis and presentation of data collected was done through
 percentage, chart and non-parametric test of Chi-square statistic. The findings
 of the study revealed that there is a significant relationship between ICTs and
 media production and distribution in Nigeria. The study therefore recommends
 among others that mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">media
 house should provide their staff with training and refresher IT centres in
 their organization to help refreshing and updating their knowledge of new media
 technologies as new innovations emerge and government as a matter of policy
 must ensure that there is total removal of all barriers militating against the
 acquisition of new media facilities for media houses.
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 OF CONTENTS
 
 
 
 
Cover
 Page
 Title Page
 Certification
 Approval Page
 Acknowledgements
 Dedication 
 Table Of Contents
 List Of Tables
 Abstract
 
 
 
 
CHAPTER
 ONE
 
 
INTRODUCTION
 
 1.1 Background Of Study
 1.2 State Of The Research Problem
 1.3 Objectives Of The Study
 1.4 Research Questions
 1.5 Research Hypotheses
 1.6 Significance Of The Study
 
 
1.7
 Scope And Limitations Of Study
 1.8 Operational Definition Of Terms
 
 
 
 
 CHAPTER TWO
 
 
LITERATURE REVIEW
 
 2.1 Sources Literature
 
 
 
 
2. 2 The Review
 
 
  mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">2.2.1Newspaper Production Process
 
 
 mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">2.2.2Concept
 of Information Communication Technology
 
 
 mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">2.2.3Types of Communication Technologies in Media
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 "Times New Roman"">2.24  Information
 Gathering and Dissemination
 
 
 mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">2.2.5Impacts
 of ICT on Information Gathering and Dissemination 
 
 
 mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial" lang="EN-AU">2.2.6Challenges of Journalism and New Media
 
 2.2.1 Conceptual Review
 
 2.2.2 Empirical Review
 
 2.3 Theoretical Framework
 
 2.4 Summary Of The Review
 
 
 CHAPTER THREE
 
 
RESEARCH
 METHODOLOGY
 
 3.1 Research Method
 3.2 Research Design/ Technique
 3.3 Research Population
 
 
3.4
 Sampling And Sampling Technique
 3.5 Sampling Size
 3.6 Method Of Data Collection
 3.7 Method Of Data Analysis
 3.8 Validity Of Research Instrument
 3.9 Reliability Of Research Instrument
 
 CHAPTER FOUR
 
 
DATA
 PRESENTATION AND INTERPRETATION
 
 4.1 Data Presentation
 4.2 Data Analysis
 4.3 Analysis Of Hypotheses 
 
 
4.4
 Discussion
 
 CHAPTER FIVE
 
 
SUMMARY,
 PRESENTATION AND RECOMMENDATION
 
 
 
 
5.1
 Summary
 5.2 Conclusion
 5.3 Recommendations
 
 REFERENCES
 APPENDIX (ES)
 QUESTIONNAIRE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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