THE ROLE OF ESBS RADIO ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT OF OBUOFFIA AWKUNANAW IN NKANU WEST L.G.A. A CASE STUDY OF ENUGU STATE BROADCASTING SERVICE

ABSTRACT Rural development is a very important aspect in the development of a nation nd for a nation to develop  very well, it must reach the  rural dwellers and the  rural  masses  must be aware  of the developments  and for the government to reach the rural populace they have to use certain  strategy  like through  the  media or   going  to     them face to face.  THE PROJECT ‘’ THE ROLE OF ESBS  RADIO ON RURAL  DEVELOPMENT OF OBUOFFIA AWKUNANAW’’ is carried (outto provide or show that the mass media plays an important role  in development of rural areas. It is important to note that  this research is aimed at telling the masses that they can be educated through mass media and also  for the media houses and know that illieteralry  rate of rural people can be reduced through the media by programmes organized to teach or inform the masses. The questionnaire method was used in determining the  population elements sampled.  Findings from the study revealed that the rural people feels that the media could help in educating them on the development of the government in different aspects in helping them develop their rural areas. The implication  of the entire study is hat the media houses e.g the  Enugu state broadcasting service radio  station are beginning  to  understand   that they have important role to play in the  development of the rural  areas. For communication the government and other policy-making  bodies to progress  they must find a way of  getting to know how best to help develop our rural area and inform the rural  dwellers of their ideas.   TABLE OF CONTENTS Title pageii Approval pageiii Dedicationiv Acknowledgementv Abstractvi Table of Contentsviii
CHAPTER ONE 1.0Introduction 1 1.1Background to the study1 1.2Problem statement 4 1.3Objective  of the study5 1.4Significance of the study 6 1.5Research questions7 1.6Definition of terms8 1.7Research hypothesis8 1.8Limitation of the study9
CHAPTER TWO  2.0literature  review11 2.1summary of literature15
CHAPTER THREE 3.0research methodology17 3.1research method17 3.2research design18 3.3research sample18 3.4data collection19 3.5data analysis20
CHAPTER FOUR 4.0Data analysis and results22 4.1Introduction to data collection and results 22 4.2General characteristic22 4.3Section a- research question for rural populace24 4.4Section b – research question for media practitioners 33 4.5Discussion35
CHAPTER FIVE 5.0summery and recommendation40 5.1Summary and conclusion40