Examining The Perception Of Female Mass Communication Students Towards Pursuing Journalism As A Career (A Study Of Bayelsa State Polytechnic Students)
ABSTRACT
The researcher in this research work focused on the attitude of female mass communication students, believed that a large number of female mass communication students like to pursue journalism as a career in our country but only a few go into the field to practice their journalism profession. This is why the research deemed it fit to research into the image of female mass communication students. Research questions are constructed to guide the researcher in her study. Relevant related literatures are reviewed to show that similar research work has been carried out and a theoretical framework has been discussed to support the study. Survey method was adopted and this made it possible for the researcher to select an appropriate sample size of 150. Using appropriate tools like questionnaires and personal interviews, the researcher was able to study population and adopted a simple percentage and frequency table with simple descriptive analysis to explain the table. Hypothesis which are formed from the research questions and tested to enable the researcher know if certain claims she made on this work received statistical support or not. At the end of the study, the researcher was able to find out that female mass communication students have negative perception towards journalism as a career, also that the female roles as mothers and wives are some of these problems facing female journalists. The researcher also recommended that salaries of the working journalist should be increased so as to motivate and change the negative perception of female mass communication students towards journalism as a career.