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Influence of Gory Pictures on Select Newspaper Readers in Owerri, Nigeria


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1 Department of Mass Communication, IMO State University, Owerri, Nigeria
2 Department of Mass Communication, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria
3 Department of Mass Communication, Rhema University, ABA, Nigeria
 

Objective: This paper investigated the Influence of Gory picture on select newspaper readers in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria.

Methods: The participants for the study comprised of 192 (94 Males and 98 Females) select newspaper readers from Owerri, Imo State. Their ages ranged from 26 to 48 years and they were selected through systematic sampling techniques. A self-developed and validated questionnaire was adopted for data collection while chi-square statistics were employed for data analysis.

Findings: Results showed that gory pictures have a positive effect on newspaper readers while gender, age, and marital status did not determine the effect of gory picture on newspaper readers at a probability level of 0.5. The inclusion of gory pictures on newspapers is therefore encouraged but with caution as they could elicit some level of emotional disturbances on the readers.

Application: Indeed, gory pictures should be selectively and sparingly used with special caution on the quantity or number, color, size, intervals, and regularity.


Keywords

Gory, Newspaper, Picture, Readers, IMO State.
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Authors

Victor Kogah
Department of Mass Communication, IMO State University, Owerri, Nigeria
Adeline O. Nkwam-Uwaoma
Department of Mass Communication, IMO State University, Owerri, Nigeria
Ifeyinwa Nude
Department of Mass Communication, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria
Uchiyamere C. Nkwam-Uwaoma
Department of Mass Communication, Rhema University, ABA, Nigeria

Abstract


Objective: This paper investigated the Influence of Gory picture on select newspaper readers in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria.

Methods: The participants for the study comprised of 192 (94 Males and 98 Females) select newspaper readers from Owerri, Imo State. Their ages ranged from 26 to 48 years and they were selected through systematic sampling techniques. A self-developed and validated questionnaire was adopted for data collection while chi-square statistics were employed for data analysis.

Findings: Results showed that gory pictures have a positive effect on newspaper readers while gender, age, and marital status did not determine the effect of gory picture on newspaper readers at a probability level of 0.5. The inclusion of gory pictures on newspapers is therefore encouraged but with caution as they could elicit some level of emotional disturbances on the readers.

Application: Indeed, gory pictures should be selectively and sparingly used with special caution on the quantity or number, color, size, intervals, and regularity.


Keywords


Gory, Newspaper, Picture, Readers, IMO State.

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