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  • Original research article
  • March 1, 2015
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NEW TENDENCIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF JOURNALISM IN NIGERIA: CONVERGENT MEDIA AND ON-LINE JOURNALISM

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Abstract

The article touches on the technification of the society in which information, knowledge and information technologies play a vital role. Such society is characterized by the use of phones, radio, television, Internet. Electronic media without which the country can’t develop also play a significant role. The author focuses on the challenges facing Nigerian Internet-journalism which influences the general development of media in the country. The paper examines the tendencies for the growth of Internet-journalism in Nigeria and tasks facing it.

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Author information

Viktoriya Ietunde Dzhegede

Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

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Publication history

  • Published: March 1, 2015.

Keywords

  • онлайн-журналистика
  • механизмы передачи информации
  • развитие журналистики
  • веб-сайты
  • средства массовой информации
  • информационные агентства Нигерии
  • новые тенденции
  • проблемы интернет-журналистики
  • on-line journalism
  • mechanisms for information transfer
  • development of journalism
  • web-sites
  • mass media
  • news agencies of Nigeria
  • new tendencies
  • problems of Internet-journalism

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