EFFECT OF OWNERSHIP CONTROL ON BROADCAST MEDIA

EFFECT OF OWNERSHIP CONTROL ON BROADCAST MEDIA
 
ABSTRACTT
his study is set to find out Effects of Ownership Control on Broadcast Media (A case study of Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State (BCOS)).  It is observed that there are factors militating against press freedom and smooth running of media establishment. One of them is Ownership control. Mass Media needs to disseminate positive undiluted and objective information that is free of bias, devoid of political and economic undertones. This is the hallmark of ethical journalism. No doubt, this kind of stainless journalism is what virtually every journalist aspire to practice. But somewhere along the line there are factors militating against the desire to uphold this responsibility. The above explanation made this study to look at effects this is having on broadcast media and come up with recommendations on the way forward based on the data collected. The personnel at BCOS have been selected as our population and questionnaire is the data gathering instrument for the study.