TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Implications of Emerging Trends in Mass Communication and Media
Technology for Education Sector in Third World Countries
AU - Asogwa, Uche AU - Oluchukwu Wogu, Joseph AU - O. Ezenwaji, Ifeyinwa AU - I. Ibenegbu, Christopher 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 13
IS  - 20
SP  - 8461
EP  - 8468
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2018.8461.8468
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2018.8461.8468
KW  - ICTs
KW  -media communication
KW  -trends
KW  -Third World
KW  -education
KW  -policy
AB  - Information and communication technology reinvented and redefined media communication nd there
have being intended and unintended consequences associated with it. This study, therefore, investigates these
new trends with a view to highlight their implications for Third World education sector. With the aid of
secondary sources of information and content analysis, the study reveals that ICTs are costly and that its
modernisation of communication ushered in ethical challenges such as phonography, hacking, data
manipulations, cyber fraud, impersonation and non-professional media public influencers vide the social media
into media practice. It further reveals the prevalence of inappropriate ICTs skills among media workers and the
dissemination of false information and garbage as information. These have serious implications for the
education sector in the Third World countries because ICTs and communication hold the key to educational
transformation. Consequently, these trends will certainly manifest and exert their impact on the education sector
also. Therefore, there is need for appropriate policy reformation in the Third World countries to drive
compulsory ICTs education and skills for schools and provided required conditions and environment that
enhance ICTs positive impact. This shall guarantee ethical principles in the sector.
ER  -