APPLICATION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICTs) IN SELECTED PUBLISHING COMPANIES IN KADUNA, ZARIA AND KANO

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dc.contributor.authorMOHAMMED, BILKISU
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-26T12:55:37Z
dc.date.available2014-02-26T12:55:37Z
dc.date.issued2011-03
dc.descriptionA THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POST GRADUATE SCHOOL AHMDU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA NIGERIA. IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE AWARD OF MASTERS OF LIBRARY SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA. NIGERIA. MARCH, 2011.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study was carried out to investigate the Application of Information and Communication Technology in selected Publishing Companies in Kaduna and Kano States of Nigeria. Five research questions and 3 hypotheses were formulated and tested with respect to the type of publishing activities performed; type of ICTs facilities available; effect of the ICTs on activities; level of usefulness of ICTs facilities in publishing activities and ICTs competencies possessed by the staff in the selected Publishing Companies in Kaduna and Kano States of Nigeria. Survey research design was used for this study. The total number of 100 were drawn as population and used as sample size. The three selected publishing companies were: The New Nigeria Newspapers Ltd, Kaduna, Northern Nigerian Publishing Corporation, Zaria and Triumph Publishing Company, Kano. Purposive random sampling was used to select the three publishing companies as sample respectively. A questionnaire was used to collect data for this study. The data collected were presented and analyzed using frequency distribution tables, percentages and histograms. For the descriptive statistics while Chi – Square (X2) procedure and ttest were used to test the three hypotheses formulated. The research discovered editing; typesetting; e-mailing; drawing; net working; marketing; printing; distribution and advertising were the major activities performed using ICT in the companies. The research concluded that Publishing industries in Kaduna and Kano have realized the need to apply ICTs in order to boost their productivity and remain relevant and competitive in the business of publishing .The research recommends that Nigerian publishers should endeavor to participate in co-publication by seeking and buying editions from other publishers. This type of co-operation is aimed at recruiting temporary or semi permanent business partners abroad who will share in the cost of expansion.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2804
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectAPPLICATION,en_US
dc.subjectINFORMATION,en_US
dc.subjectCOMMUNICATION,en_US
dc.subjectTECHNOLOGIES,en_US
dc.subjectSELECTED,en_US
dc.subjectPUBLISHING,en_US
dc.subjectCOMPANIES,en_US
dc.subjectKADUNA,en_US
dc.subjectZARIA AND KANOen_US
dc.titleAPPLICATION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICTs) IN SELECTED PUBLISHING COMPANIES IN KADUNA, ZARIA AND KANOen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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