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RADIO AS A TOOL FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (a case study of Bokkos local government area of plateau state)

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CHAPTER ONE

1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY

 

As the world grows everyday in technology, the need for development becomes a necessity. There is virtually no field in Nigeria that does not need information technology be it agricultural research section, be it medicine and surgery, be it business management, entrepreneurs or engineering. For any organization to function very well the need for information technology have a great role to play for the success of that organization. Organization with poor information exchange rate tends to perform poorly where there is competition. From the above findings and discussion we found out that information is very useful in the society today.

Consequently, a society that has poor communication and information infrastructure perpetually lags behind others that have efficient information infrastructure (Moemeka, 1985).

In the rural area, information technology plays a vital role in the development of the society.

The rural radio also plays a very important role in the development of the rural areas in Nigeria. The use of rural radio plays a huge role in disseminating of information round the community.

As issues of development are aired to audience in the form of various programs and individuals are exposed to happenings in and around their society, through listening to these programs. Communication serves as the basic element of interaction and information sharing in life. Communication creates pool of ideas, strengthens the feeling of togetherness, through the exchange of messages and translates through thoughts, into actions.

Radio communication educates citizens on new issues inherent in the society. For example, issues on politics, business, current affairs, etc, are aired to create awareness. Radio serves as an agent of social mobilization; people are moved to delivering a certain goal, based on their awareness of their rights and responsibility to the society. Thus, this paper examines the place of radio in rural development in Bokko Local government area of Plateau State.

 

1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM

In developing economies like Nigeria, majority of the citizens live in the rural areas where agrarian culture constitutes the major micro economic activity. As a result, most development oriented agenda are focused on such areas. One of such development agenda is the use of the radio and a local dialect medium to disseminate relevant information that will improve life style and integrate the people for productive enterprise. Where such information gap exists it has led to failure and non-realization of development objectives and lack of social integration which may culminate in increase in social vices. Unarguably, the mass media are tools for information dissemination and mass education of the people for social transformation of the society because they have the power for promoting social cohesion and integration of the component units of a nation. Therefore, they are critical to national cohesion and development aspirations especially where language differences hold sway. Previous literature show that, in a decent and healthy democracy, mass media are regarded as the purveyors of public messages to the heterogeneous and scattered audiences through the channels of radio, television, newspapers, magazines, internet among others. Among the mass media genre, the radio is the most acclaimed partner in progress where developing objectives are concerned. This is especially so due to radio’s pervasiveness and use of indigenous language in the dissemination of anticipated behaviour change messages. The above notion about the radio has stimulated various scholarly debates addressing the role of radio in achieving development but such efforts have largely ignored empirical examination of how local dialect programmes contribute to rural development and social integration. This has resulted in the dearth of literature in Nigeria, on the role of local dialect programme in rural development and social integration. Against this backdrop, this paper examines the influence of the Bokkos radio programme on rural development and social integration among the Bokkos people of Plateau State, Nigeria.

 

 

 

 

1.3 RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS

H0: There is no means difference in gender responses of the respondents that the use of radio in the rural area help in the development of the society.

H1: There is means difference in gender responses of the respondents that the use of radio in the rural area help in the development of the society.

 

H0: The use of radio has no significant impact on the awareness of the people in the rural areas.

H1: The use of radio has significant impact on the awareness of the people in the rural areas.

 

1.4 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF STUDY

The very aim of the research work is to find out:

1. If the use of radio in the rural area helps improve the growth and development of most companies in Nigeria.

2. The plans of the federal government of Nigeria towards providing a good information technology in the rural area.

3. If the use of radio help in the dissemination of information about the happenings in Bokkos local government of Plateau State

4. If the use of radio in the rural communities help to improve the academic performance of students in Bokkos Local government area of Plateau State.

5.  The various ways can the use of radio in the rural areas helps in the development of the rural areas.

6. The role of radio in creating awareness on the dangers behind the use of contraceptives in Bokkos local government area of plateau state.

1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY

The research work is a vital one as it will reveal the importance of radio to the rural areas in Nigeria. It gives a clear view of the roles of radio in the dissemination of information in the rural area. The study will explain the roles of the federal government of Nigeria in the implementation of media in the rural areas. The study will also reveal how people perceive the use of radio as means of advertisement in Nigeria.

 

1.6 SCOPE OF STUDY

There are some interesting happenings in Bokkos local governemt area of Plateau State, some of these include, farming, election processes, and the use of contraceptives among both the teenagers and adult in this local government area, the research work will look at the roles of radio in dessimation of information as regards to the above mentioned issues, the research work will also view the importance of radio as a tool for the growth and development of rural areas; in most of the rural areas, the standard of education is not at the climax, the study will cover the use of radio as a tool for the improvement of the academic performance of student in Bokkos local government area.

 

 

 

1.7 LIMITATION OF STUDY

FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS: Due to unavailability of enough funds for the purpose of the research work, the researcher was not able to cover all the areas of the community, but the researcher was able to get good responses from the few places he or she went to.

TIME CONSTRAINTS: The rural areas normally have bad roads, and the researchers does not know almost all the areas in theses villages; as a result, the researcher was left with a little time to research out to the respondents but he or she was able to meet up with the required time for the submission of the research work.

 

1.8 DEFINATION OF RELATED TERMS

RURAL AREA: is an open swath of land that has few homes or other buildings, and not very many people.

ADVERTISEMENT: a notice or announcement in a public medium promoting a product, service, or event or publicizing a job vacancy.

 

REFERENCES

Adesiyan, E.A and Arulogun C.F.O (n.d). Communication and National Development. Ibadan: Spikenard Publishers Nigeria Limited. Akinfeleye, R.A. (2005). A Research and Training Agenda for a Viable Community Radio Sector in Nigeria: A Paper Presented at the National Validation Seminar on Building Community Radio in Nigeria, Held at Chida International Hotel, Abuja. Anaeto, S. G. and Anaeto M. S. (2010). Rural Community Radio: Principles and Practice. Ibadan: Stirling- Horden Publishers. Anaeto, S.G and Anaeto, M.S. (2010). Development Communication: Principles and Practice. Ibadan: Stirling Horden Publishers. Anaeto, S.G., Anaeto, M.S. and Tejumaiye, J.A. (2009). Radio and Magazine: Management, Production and Marketing. Ibadan: Stiriling Horder Publishers limited.

 


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