Impact of Press Freedom In 21st Century Changing Global Democracy: Study of Vanguard Media Limited
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2023
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Lead City University Ibadan
Abstract
The study examine the impact of press freedom in this rapidly changing global democracy in
Vanguard Media Limited, Kirikiri, Apapa ,Lagos .The specific objective of this study is to establish the
effect of press freedom in this changing global democracy. The study used primary data and purposive
sampling was used to select the respondents with 100 population and 70 questionnaire were returned.
Qualitative data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics analysis of STATAin line with
the objectives. The study findings in the objectives mean results revealed that 4.15 ,4.02 and 4.19
respectively were followed that ,press freedom fulfilled the essential role free and open societies ,press
freedom provides information to individual to make their own decisions and free press duly inform
voters and strengthened democracy and this data shows that all objectives were accepted at 2.5 level of
acceptance and the study recommends that ,media practitioners and journalists should adopt the use of
new digital media and be equipped with media and information literacy skills ,more protections should
be given journalists while practising ,governments should create an enabling and conducive
environment for press freedom to thrive globally, ministries of information and communication should
regulate information on the digital media to guide against fake news ,Collaborations and partnership by
all press organizations and practitioners through conferences organized by international press institute
and UNESCO should help in creating a transparent platforms for press freedom to thrive .
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Democracy, Media, Press Freedom, Information, Global