THE ROLE OF NIGERIA PRINT MEDIA IN TALENT DISCOVERY AMONG YOUTHS

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

.1              1.1     Background to the Study

Print media includes those media of communication which are controlled by space rather than time. It can be read at any available time and can be kept for record such as Books, Newspapers, Magazines and newsletters are Print medium of communications.

The main function of the press is to communicate news along with the editorial opinion. As a medium of information, we can even call the press as an important adjunct to the school as an educational institution. A fact, now more and more opinion is turning round to the point that mass media should be considered as a medium of education and mass communication. Ifeanyichukwu, (2019).

IMPACT OF DIGITIZATION OF THE BROADCASTING MEDIA IN NIGERIA

INTRODUCTION

1.1       Background to the Study

Television Broadcasting in Nigeria started with the initiative of the first Western Region premier Chief Obafemi Awolowo who on October 31, 1959 launched television broadcasting at Ibadan the headquarters of the region. The Western Region went into partnership with the Overseas Rediffusion Limited. The Western Nigerian Radiovision services limited were created with the responsibility of radio and television broadcasting under one management.