ABSTRACT
The research thrust on the contribution of information and communication
technologies on broadcast media performance with a particular reference to Osun
State Broadcasting Corporation in the area of news gathering and delivery. In
this era of Information and communication technology, social media especially
facebook, whatsApp, twitter, digital camera, computer, Smartphone, memory
cards, flash drive and many others have revolutionalised and redefined monopoly
of news and information by mass media (radio, television, newspaper and
magazine industries) as it enhanced citizen participation in news gathering and
dissemination. ICTs have in the recent time turned the citizen not only to
information consumers but also as information distributor which is now known as
“Citizen Journalism”. Most citizen own their own blog, group and room on social
media sites where they publish news stories. Others do submit their stories to
websites designed for the purpose of citizen journalism or to well known media
houses that do accept stories from citizen reporters. Survey research method
was adopted while questionnaires were developed as a research tool used to
elicit data from the selected respondents. From the responses gathered, it was
observed that OSBC and just like other media is yet to fully embrace ICTs in
all its operations.
