ABSTRACT
This study was carried out to look at
the Consumption Pattern Among Female Undergraduates towards print media at the
Delta State University Abraka and suggest possible ways on how to encourage Female
Undergraduate students to make consumption of print media for their re- search
work and study and also for Delta State University, Abraka to improve in the
services of meeting users information needs. Review of related literature were sourced under the following
concepts: the importance of print media awareness among Female
Undergraduate students, the consumption
pattern print media used among Female Undergraduate students, the relevance of
organizing print media among Female Undergraduate students, the challenges
encountered by Female Undergraduate students in the consumption of print media,
kinds of print media publication. A descriptive survey research design was used
for the study and one hundred and twenty one (121) students were used as
respondents who answered the questionnaire posed by the researcher. A simple
percentage was used for analysis of data. The research findings revealed that print
media are used among Female Undergraduate students and the print media enhance the development of personal philosophy in a code of ethics.
Female Undergraduate students make consumption of current
print media in academic
libraries. It therefore
shows that Female Undergraduate students
benefit from the consumption
of print media in the following ways: Through personal growth
and development, intuition and self expression, problem solving, stress
reduction and health benefits. Based on the findings, recommendations were made
to upgrade the standard of print media use among Female Undergraduate students
of Delta State University Abraka, that more current print media should be
provided for Female Undergraduate use, that funds are made available to
purchase more print media in Delta State University, Abraka for Female
Undergraduate students use.
TABLE OF
CONTENT
Abstract
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to study
Statement of problem
Research objective
Research question
Significance
of study
Scope of the Study
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
The Concept of Print media
The types of Print media Publication
Stress Reduction and
Health Benefits
The Consumption pattern Print
media in Different Areas of Specialization
The Relevance of
Organizing Print media in Subject
Areas for Female Undergraduate use
The Challenges Encountered
by Female Undergraduate Students in the Consumption of Print media
Empirical review
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODS
Design of the study
Population of the Study
Sample and Sampling
Technique
Instrument for Data Collection
Validation of the
Instrument
Method of Data Collection
Method of Data Analysis
CHAPTER FOUR
DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS
Data presentation
Data analysis
Discussion
CHAPTER FIVE
CONCLUSION AND
RECOMMENDATION
Conclusion
Recommendation
REFERENCES
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to study
Print media are a good
source of primary information. They are published on a regular basic (usually
quarterly for monthly). Some print media publish articles that report on the
outcomes of academic research while others provide prac- tical information to
practitioners in the field. The library subscribes to a range of print media
types from magazine through to print media that details academic research.[31].
To this end,[32], print media could be seen as a bond note, book, a ring binder
full of papers, a collection of electrical particles on computer disk or an
audio tape, people print media in different ways. At heart, though a print
media is a day book, a place to record daily happenings. A print media as
further stated by[32], is a tool for self discovery, an aid to concentration, a
mirror for the soul, a place to generate and capture ideas, a safety value for
the emotions, a training ground for the writer and a good friend in confident. Print
media shares same qualities with things like logs and diary. It records
experience and events over a period of time. Writing and keeping print media
also entails conscious reflection and commentary..
Print media is an
accumulation of materials that is mainly based on the writing process of
reflection. It is written over a period of time, not in one go. Putting
learning in front of print media implies there is overall intention by the
writer (or who set the task) that learning should be enhanced. In the same
vein, Moon (2010) and[13] described print media as regular publication that
contain articles on current research. Usually, the author of a print media
article will have carried out same primary research; perhaps they have carried
out a study where they have interviewed as surveyed print media article and
found the importance in finding support evidence for as- signments. Helton
emphasized that print media are always pub- lished at regular intervals, for example,
weekly, monthly, or quarterly, the information they contain is very up to date.
Book on the other hand can sometimes take up to 2 or 3 years to be published.
On the other hand, the
Free Answer.Com. (2011) define attitude as a settled way of thinking or
feelings, typically reflected in a person’s behaviour, a position of the body
proper to or implying an action or mental state. An attitude is a hypothetical
construct that represent an individual’s degree of like or dislike for
something. Attitudes are generally positive or negative virus of a person,
place, thing or event. This is often referred to as the attitude object.
Relating the above point, Bolton (2005) noted that the possibilities of print
media writing, use and keeping as an aid to the profes- sional development of
formal and informal education was recognized by a number of academics and
trainers.
There was an emphasis on
the consumption of explorative recording students in the UK form the 1960’s on
the significant part based on their use. Mainstream teacher educators also
began to pick up on the potential of personal professional print media writing.
These were also growing attention to the role print media writing in personal
growth. As a result, by the end of the century there was a significant print
mediaing industry with a range of books, websites, training programmes and
retreats and even specialist software.
Statement of problem
Over the years print media
have been used as sources of up-to-date and current information. Print media
contain write-ups, reports reviews, stories, new discoveries by sev- eral
contributors. Information contained in them is more current than those in
textbooks. In most cases, it is informa- tion that appeared in periodicals
(which include print media) which are distilled and published in textbooks,
(Adomi, 2006). The consumption of print
media by scientists and researchers has
developed over the years and during those years print media have evolved in
specialized ways to fulfill their primary activities (Llewellyn et al 2002).
According to Tenopir and King (2002) “studies conducted over the last four
decades shows that scientists, on the average, value print media and print
media articles more than any other simple information resource” (P.I). The
reasons print media are preferred is not far fetched. Rowland (1997) describes
four major functions of a scholarly print media as;
Discrimination of information (their information can not be
discriminated)
Quality control (value judgement of Information)
Canonical archives(can be stored and retrieved from
archives)
Recognition of authors (P. 1)(make authors to be known)
Added to the above is that
articles to be published in a scholarly print media are properly filtered by
their editorial board. They are peer-reviewed, the authorities of contributors
are considered and then they publish articles on related topics (Tenopir and
King 2002). Education involves more than gaining and exercising technical
knowledge and skills. It depends on the Female Undergraduate students to
cultivating a kind of artistry. In this sense education are engineers applying
their skills to carry out a plan or drawing, them, they are artists who are
able to improvise and devise new ways of looking at things. (Donald, 2000).
However, it is also easy to see why many students resist writing and keeping print
media. We might see ourselves as the sort of person who write about our lives
and experience in the way Moon (2002) described. This study therefore tends to
explore the attitude of un- dergraduates students towards the consumption of print
media at the Delta State University, Abraka. However, the major problems faced
by Female Undergraduate students towards the consumption of print media are;
types of print media publications available to them, problem of awareness of
the importance of print media by Female Undergraduate students, lack of consumption
pattern print media is different area of specialization, lack of organization
of print media in subject area for Female Undergraduate students, Challenges
encountered by Female Undergraduate students in the consumption of print media
Research objective
The broad objective of
the study is to examine the Consumption Pattern Among Female Undergraduates
towards the consumption of print media in Delta State University abraka Delta
state. specifically the study objective are :
1.
To
determine the Importance of Print media Awareness to Female Undergraduate
Students
2.
To
determine the Consumption pattern Print media in Different Areas of
Specialization
3.
To
determine the Relevance of Organizing Print media in Subject Areas for Female
Undergraduate Students’ Use
4.
To
determine the Challenges Encountered by Female Undergraduate Student in the Consumption
of Print media
Research question
The research questions to
guide this study are:
1.
What
is the Importance of Print media Awareness to Female Undergraduate Students
2.
What
is the level of Consumption pattern Print media in Different Areas of
Specialization
3.
What
is the Relevance of Organizing Print media in Subject Areas for Female
Undergraduate Students’ Use
4.
What
is the Challenges Encountered by Female Undergraduate Student in the Consumption
of Print media
Significance of study
The study become significant to
lecturers, students, con- sultants, information scientists, librarians, etc as
they always use print media for diverse purposes which include storing and
repacking the contents of information in it to buttress their research as they
carry most recent information. Users of the academic libraries can develop and
improve their capabilities through the available print media they have. The
extent to which this is done will boost the ego of the Female Undergraduates
towards the consumption of print media. It will also serve as a research tool
to subsequent researchers who may conduct research work similar to this.
Scope of the Study
The study is aimed at finding out the Female
Undergraduate students’ consumption pattern of Print medias. The study will
cover Delta State University abraka Delta state.
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