Abstract
The aim of the research work is to assess audience awareness,
accessibility and patronage of online news. Reading from online newspaper is on
the increase as technology is more advanced to the extent that students can
access news online using their personal computer, Smartphone, GPRS mobile
phone, tablet computer and others. Survey research method was adopted coupled
with 150 copies of questionnaires. Also, frequency and percentage method of
data analysis was used to analyze data. From the findings, it is clear that
soon there will be less hard copy of newspapers in circulation as more readers
now prefer online news to hardcopy. It is evident that larger percentage of the
respondents visit online for news regularly. It is recommended that print media
should be more diversify in this era of media convergence while communication,
mass communication, journalism and media disciplines should make online or
digital journalism part of their curriculum.
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