Challenges of Privacy Protection in the New Media Era
| dc.contributor.author | Oriyola, M.O. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Akaase, Ter Moses | |
| dc.contributor.author | Akilla, M.O. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Agbele, D.J. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-12-14T08:42:15Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-12-14T08:42:15Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-03-04 | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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. | en_US |
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| dc.identifier.uri | https://keffi.nsuk.edu.ng/handle/20.500.14448/6611 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Department of Mass Communication, Nasarawa State University Keffi | en_US |
| dc.subject | Constitution, Ethics, Journalism, New Media, Privacy | en_US |
| dc.title | Challenges of Privacy Protection in the New Media Era | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
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