Keyword : Citizen Journalist, Election, ICTs/New Media, Journalist, Nigeria
Author(s) : Olise, Festus Prosper
Abstract :
This paper, qualitatively appraised the utilisation of new media for election coverage by journalists in Nigeria. This became necessary following the assumptions that new media are double-edged sword capable of provoking creativity when effectively utilised in coverage of elections as well as capable of creating chaos when not properly harnessed. Anchored on the development media and technological determinism theories; the paper adopted explanation building technique which draws heavily on inferences from primary and secondary data like literature and empirical studies. Thus, the impact of new media for election coverage by journalists and different types of new media for election coverage were highlighted. However, it was argued that factors such as credibility issues, new media acting as a form of distraction and promotion of fake news should be critically considered when using new media for election coverage. Therefore, it was concluded that the use of new media platforms
for election coverage by journalists will continue to gain more grounds because of the possibility of immediate feedback, interactivity, speed, affordability, availability, etc. associated with new media in information acquisition and dissemination no matter the negative issues surrounding them. Hence, it was recommended that professional and regulatory bodies like NUJ, NPI, etc. must urgently work out modalities to regulate the activities of citizen journalists who are most times behind the wrong use of new media for election coverage among other things.
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