TABLE
OF CONTENT
Chapter
One: Introduction
Background
of the study
1.2 Purpose of the study
1.3 The scope of the study
1.4 Significance of the study
1.5 Research
design and methodology
1.6 Limitation of the study
1.7 Definition
of terms
1.7.1 Audience:
1.7.2 Reportorial:
1.7.3 Report:
1.7.4 Reading:
Chapter
Two: Literature Review
2.1 Techniques and technicalities
2.2 Reportorial
techniques
2.3 Reportorial techniques as a
controlling tool for rapid increase in reading audience.
2.4
The reportorial techniques and its applications in the broadcast industry
2.5 The users of reportorial techniques
2.5.1 The
news reporter
2.5.2 News
Editor
2.5.3 News
desk
2.5.4 News
writer
2.6 The role of reportorial techniques in
effective listening of reading audience.
Chapter Three: Types of
Report
3.1 Science and Technology Report
3.1.1 Reportorial techniques for Science and Technology Report
3.1.2 Qualities of a Good
Science and Technology Reporter
3.1.3 Issues for Science and
Technology Coverage
3.2 Crime and police report
3.2.1 Contents of a Police
Reports
3.2.2 Reportorial techniques
for Crime Stories
3.2.3 Checklist for homicide
(arrest) as compiled by Mencher (2010)
3.3 Accident
and disaster report
3.3.1 Getting to the scene
3.3.2 At the scene
3.3.3 Writing the story
3.4 Environmental report
3.4.1 Environmental interpretation
Environmental advocacy
3.5 Political
report
3.5.1 Function of a Political
Reporter
3.5.2 Techniques for Political Reports
3.5.3 Challenges Associated with
Political Reporting
Chapter
Four: Data Presentation, Analysis And Discussion Of Findings
4.1 Presentation
of data
4.1.1 Science
and technology report
4.1.2 Crime and police report
4.1.3 Accident and disaster report
4.1.4 Environmental
report
4.1.5 Political
reporting
4.2 Data analysis
4.2.1 Analysis of
technology report
4.2.2 Analysis of
Crime and Police Report
4.2.3 Analysis of
Accident and Disaster Report
4.2.4 Analysis of
Environmental Report
4.2.5 Analysis of Political Report
4.3 Statement of
Findings
4.4 Discussion of
Findings
Chapter
Five: Summary, Conclusion And Recommendations
5.1 Summary
5.2 Conclusion
5.3 Recommendations
References
Chapter One: Introduction
1.1
Background
of the study
Information
dissemination is a vital tool for awareness creation and development in every
human society, whether such a society is traditional or modern in nature.
Information is usually disseminated to the members of the public who are
considered as the target audience in form of news broadcasting, which is made
possible by different media organizations comprising of print and electronic
media.
News broadcasting, as a medium of information dissemination is
made possible, through active involvement of news writers and reporters who
play major roles in different perspectives depending on the type of event to be
reported at that point in time. Reporters ensure that they adopt and apply
effective reportorial techniques to make their report accurate, unbiased and timely to meet the
expectations of the members of the public who are the target reading audience.
This
research will focus on the impact of reportorial techniques on the reading audience. This
area of study is of interest to me because of my desire to determine the
media-audience relationship by understanding the feelings, impression and
perception, of members of the public who are considered to be the reading
audience.
Generally, reporting is saddled
with the responsibility of informing, educating and updating the members of the
public who are the target reading audience, about news and events happening
internationally, nationally, and locally. Reports are classified in different
categories based on the situation and event to be reported on. The types of
reports include: science and technology reports, political reports, police and
crime reports, accident and disaster reports, environment reports etc.
Reporters
make effective use of different reportorial techniques in order to report
appropriately, based on the categories mentioned above and this eventually
leads to specialization in such area of reporting. For reporters to specialize in specific area
of reporting, there must meet one or two requirements, and as well comply
strictly to the reportorial techniques of such type of report.
The
duty of the reporter through the guidance of basic reportorial techniques, is
to report the news for newspapers, magazines, websites, television, and radio.
Reporters, spend a lot of time in the field, conducting interviews and
investigating stories to enable them present a finished information for the
consumption of the reading audience. The work of reporters is often fast paced,
with constant demands to meet deadlines and to be the first reporter to publish
a news story on a particular subject in other to satisfy the expectations of
their target reading audience.
In his opinion, Rogers,(2001) observed
that, for success to be achieved by meeting this huge responsibility that
confronts the reporter, there is need for reporters to identify and adopt
effective reportorial techniques in other to impact tremendously on the reading
audience based on the category of report.
The way people receive and learn about news varies based on many factors
depending on the type of news, who is presenting the news and how such a
reporter present the news . It depends on what they find most easily accessible
and what they have access to.
Rogers, (2001), further identified
effective reportorial techniques as basic methods that enables a reporter to be
more effective and thorough in reporting such methods include; getting detail
information relevant to the story, double-checking to ensure accuracy,
avoidance of biasness on controversial subject or the subject of a dispute. Robinson, (2011), further highlighted the following; truthfulness,
accuracy, objectivity, impartiality,
fairness and public accountability as standards, reporters should apply to the
acquisition of newsworthy information and its subsequent dissemination to the
public. In this study, the researcher, intends to investigate techniques of
reporting and the effect it would have on the reading audience.
1.2 Purpose of the study
The
purpose of this study is to determine the impact of reportorial techniques on
the reading audience. This study will also identify the basic users of
reportorial techniques in different types of reporting.
This
research will also indicate how reportorial techniques will enhance the quality
and understanding of reports.
1.3 The scope of the study
The
study focuses on the impact of reportorial techniques on reading audience of
Akwa Ibom Broadcasting Corporation (AKBC) Uyo, Akwa Ibom state. This media organization is chosen because of
ease in accessibility and also being an organization with a wider coverage of
so many viewers with information seeking mind.
1.4
Significance of the study
This
study will be of value to the print and electronic media organizations both
public and private. It will help them to determine the media-audience relationship. This measurement can be
achieved by understanding the impact of reportorial techniques on reading
audience in Akwa Ibom Broadcasting
Corporation (AKBC) Uyo, Akwa Ibom state.. The study will also arouse both
states and Federal government interest to see the need in providing adequate
resources to media organizations and also speed up the process of information
dissemination concerning government policies and programmes. The study will
also provide a platform for management of media organizations to direct
resources appropriately in order to minimize poor reporting of information due
to challenges of resources. The study can also be useful to researchers for
further studies.
1.5 Research design and methodology
This
research is library-based and explores extensively resources such as textbooks,
journals, critical reviews and the internet. The researcher will also source for vital information from
media houses as well as members of the general public.
1.6 Limitation of the study
The
study is limited to media practitioners in the news room of AKBC, Uyo. the
study will not include other reporters from else were in Nigeria due to lack of
funds.
1.7 Definition of terms
For
the purpose of clarity, the following terms which are used in the course of
this research are hereby defined;
1.7.1 Audience: is a
group of people who participate in a show or encounter a work of art, literature in which they are called readers, theatre, music in
which they are called listeners(wilkipedia online dictionary).
1.7.2 Reportorial: an
adjective pertaining to a reporter (dictionary.Com) 1.7.2 Technique: is a procedure
to complete a task (wilkipedia online dictionary).
1.7.3 Report: is any finding in the form of writing, speech,
television, or film made with specific intention of relaying information or
recounting certain events in a widely presentable form (dictionary.Com).
1.7.4 Reading: It
is a means of language acquisition, of communication, and of sharing
information and ideas (dictionary.Com).
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