PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF THE CREDIBILITY OF THE ADOBE PHOTOSHOP NEWS PHOTOGRAPHS BY NEWSPAPER READERS IN ENUGU METROPOLIS
Abstract
ThisstudyassessedpublicperceptionofthecredibilityoftheAdobephotoshopnews photographsbynewspaperreadersinEnugumetropolis.Theobjectivesofthestudy were to find out the public perception of photoshop credibility to news stories; to determinetheessenceofcredibilitybythepublic;toratetheextentofacceptanceof relatedphotoshopimagestothewrittennewsstory;andtoascertainwhethertheuse of the photoshopped news photographs affects the reputation of newspapers. The study was anchored on two theories – Gate Keeping theory and the Individual Difference theory. The researcher adopted survey research methodfor the study. A sample of 400 was drawn from a population of 820,000 using the Taro Yamane formula. Questionnaire was structured into open-ended and close-ended questions to elicit data from the respondents. The research questions were analysed using simple percentage table while the research hypotheses were tested using the Chi- Square statistical table. On the public perception of photoshop credibility to news stories,thehypothesisonestatisticalformulationofchi-squarevalue102.52>3.841 indicated the support of the alternate hypothesis that the public have a negative perceptionofphotoshopcredibilitytonewsstories
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