(Department of Mass Communication, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2019-03-04) Oriyola, M.O.; Akaase, Ter Moses; Akilla, M.O.; Agbele, D.J.
This paper considers the challenge of privacy, in
relation to the practice of journalism in the era of new media
technologies. It draws attention to complications in the issue of
privacy and the need for ethical obedience when new media
journalists go about gathering and disseminating news stories.
The paper also touches on what constitutes the invasion of
privacy and how Nigerians have/can deliberately put their right
to privacy in danger. Factors that makes privacy protection
challenge in the new media era were also critically examined.
The paper equally analyses the ethical provisions of journalism
that protects privacy of Nigerians as well as the provisions of the
Nigerian constitution on the matter, both provisions
weighed against each other.