Journalists' Perception of Effects of News Commercialisation on Adherence to the Social Contract Ideology of the Press in South East Nigeria

Abstract

This study attempted to ascertain Journalists' Perception of Effects of News Commercialisation on Adherence to the Social Contract Ideology of the Press The objective of the study among others include to ascertain southeast Journalists’ perception of the prevalence of news commercialization in the region. This study was anchored on the social responsibility theory. The mixed method design was adopted in this study, which involved the collection of both quantitative (Survey method) and qualitative data (In-depth Interview). The population for this study comprises all 983 registered and practicing journalists across the five South East States, the population which was arrived using the Census Principle also formed the sample size.