RESTRAINT ON JOURNALISTIC PRACTICE IN GOVERNMENT-OWNED MEDIA ORGNIZATIONS IN CROSS RIVER STATE. (A STUDY OF CROSS RIVER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
Abstract
ABSTRACT
This research work, “Constraints on Journalistic Practice in Government Owned Media Organizations in Cross River State: A Study of Cross River Broadcasting Corporation ,”adopted the survey design using questionnaire to elicit for the information gathered. The research is anchored by the Authoritarian theory, the objective of the research is to find out the constraints which prevail on the assumption that the pattern of ownership of the mass media determines the output and control of a given medium of the mass media. The findings show that government owned media are propaganda tools which hitherto interest they ought to represent. The study concludes that the absolute control of government of the society. It therefore recommends that government and censorship of the mass media.
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