The study investigated the extent to which the media have set the agenda for the reformation of prison, which has since August 2019 been renamed "correctional services" in Nigeria, and the corresponding level of awareness among media audience in SouthEast Nigeria. Survey and content analysis were the research methods adopted. For the survey, 240 subjects were purposively chosen from a cluster of two groups. In contrast, 56 randomly chosen program schedules of broadcast media and 28 issues of select newspapers for February 2017 and February 2018 were content-analyzed. Interviews were also conducted. The study revealed inadequate media coverage of the reforms and a low level of awareness among respondents. It recommended, among others, that the World Prisons' Awareness Day held annually on February 11 should be popularized to ensure increased awareness by both the media and their audience.
Este estudo trata da conscientização e percepção dos profissionais de mídia no sudeste da Nigéria sobre o uso da governança eletrônica. O método de pesquisa foi utilizado; e de uma população de 2.671, uma amostra de 1.340 foi escolhida por amostragem proporcional estratificada. O referencial teórico foi baseado na Teoria da Comunicação do Desenvolvimento. Os achados foram analisados usando o SPSS. O estudo concluiu que existe um baixo nível de conhecimento sobre as operações de governança eletrônica entre os profissionais da mídia no sudeste da Nigéria. As recomendações feitas incluíam que os profissionais da mídia deveriam absorver a cultura da atualização periódica de seus conhecimentos.
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