Media Practitioners’ Perceptions of e-Governance and Dissemination of Government Policies/Programmes in South-East Nigeria

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https://doi.org/10.18568/cmc.v17i48.2212

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Communication, e-governance, media practitioners, perception, South-East Nigeria

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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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Biografia do Autor

Cosmos Chukwudi Ndukwe, Department of Mass Communication, Abia State University, Uturu, Nigeria

Ph.D. in Mass Communication from the Abia State University, Nigeria.

Patrick Ene Okon, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria

Ph.D. in Mass Communication, awarded by the University of Uyo, Nigeria. Teachs Journalism, Public Realations and Advertising in the Department of Mass Communication, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria.

Chidinma Joan Nweke, Department of Mass Communication, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria

Master's degree in Mass Communication from the Abia State University, Uturu; and is aLecturer in  the Department of Mass Communication, University of Calabar, Nigeria.

Uzoma Chukwuemeka Okugo, Department of Mass Communication, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Calabar Calabar, Nigeria

Ph.D in Mass Communication from the University of Uyo, Nigeria. He is a Professor of Mass Communication and lecturers in the Department of Mass Communication, University of Calabar, Nigeria.

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2020-04-27

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Ndukwe, C. C., Okon, P. E., Nweke, C. J., & Okugo, U. C. (2020). Media Practitioners’ Perceptions of e-Governance and Dissemination of Government Policies/Programmes in South-East Nigeria. Comunicação Mídia E Consumo, 17(48), 34–60. https://doi.org/10.18568/cmc.v17i48.2212

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