ABSTRACT
The paper examines
the contributions of the emerging technology and platforms such as the
internet, teleprompter, GSM, Social media, streaming among other on the media
production and distribution particularly in TV Continental (TVC) in consonance
with Technological Determinism and
Diffusion of Innovation Theories. Survey research method was adopted as a
quantitative research method with questionnaire used to elicit data from the
150 respondents selected from TVC through simple random sampling technique
while the data collected was analyzed using frequency and percentage
method. Findings showed that news
gathering and dissemination, photo editing, video editing, commercial jingles,
cartoons and animations are some of the areas in which the ICTs have been felt
in TVC and journalism generally. Also, the findings showed that modern
communication technologies have made journalism practice more lively and
interactive and more effective. It is recommended that media practitioners
should not see Information and Communication Technology as evil but rather as a
blessing to journalism while journalists and other staffs be train and retrain
to meet up with the emerging technology and platforms.
