3 research outputs found
Women’s mass media exposure and maternal health awareness in Ota, Nigeria
Maternal health has been an issue of priority to nations across the globe
for years now. This study sought to: identify the sources of maternal health
awareness; examine means of obtaining maternal health information; determine
the frequency of mass media exposure; and analyse the influence of mass media
exposure on maternal health awareness among the female residents. The Agendasetting
theory and the descriptive (survey) research design, using the questionnaire
as the research instrument, were utilized in this study. For this study, the purposive
and haphazard sampling techniques were used. The internet (49%) was the topmost
source of maternal health awareness; adverts/campaigns (30.6%) were the
most common means of obtaining maternal health information; once in a month
[27.6%] was the exposure frequency of most participants to the mass media while
the least exposure frequency was once in two weeks [5.1%]. It was discovered that mass media exposure had a significant influence on maternal health awareness
Historiography of the Print Media: A global-cum-Nigerian perspective
The print media as we know them today have developed over a number of centuries. Any discourse on its (print media) evolution without recourse to the means of communications that preceded it, would not appreciate the long strenuous stride it had made to this present day. The print media evolved through three historical discoveries or milestones. These are the evolution of language, the evolution of writing and the invention of the printing machine. While this evolution is beyond the scope of this paper, I x-ray the events that culminated in the evolvement of the print media, chronicling their historical progression in Nigeria