The invention of the World Wide Web in the last decade has made information sharing very personal, convenient and easy. The growing trend of this new communication has facilitated the establishment of a medium through which news can be accessed without the purchase of a hardcopy newspaper, radio or television. Because of this, almost all television and radio stations as well as hardcopy newspapers in Ghana have an online representation of news.
Could the introduction of the internet and online news portals be taking over from the traditional media or these portals complement traditional media? Data collected and findings of the study indicated that online news portals directly have an impact on the patronage of newspapers in Ghana but have not totally displaced newspapers. This is because while most respondents heavily depended on online news portals for information and majority felt satisfied, few others relied on newspapers for specific information such as job advertisements.
Keywords: social media, online news, newspapers, news websites, newspaper patronage.
Table of Contents
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND
HISTORY OF NEWSPAPER IN GHANA
INTERNET IN GHANA
INTERNET PROVIDERS IN GHANA
DIGITAL MEDIA IN GHANA AND NEWSPAPERS
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
HOW INTRODUCTION OF ONLINE NEWS PORTALS AFFECT NEWSPAPERS
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
USES AND GRATIFICATIONS THEORY
CATEGORIES OF USES AND GRATIFICATIONS
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
RESEARCH APPROACH AND DESIGN
RESEARCH SETTING
POPULATION AND SAMPLE SIZE
SAMPLING METHOD
QUESTIONNAIRE CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN
METHOD OF DATA ANALYSIS
ETHICAL ISSUES
CHALLENGES
CONCLUSION
CHAPTER FOUR
DATA PRESESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS
CHAPTER FIVE
DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
CONCLUSION
LIMITATIONS
RECOMMENDATION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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