ININTRODUCTION

Information generally is very important, in fact; it is a tool that is used to solve most human problems.

In this era of technology advancement, information dissemination and communication has become a vital tool for mankind to keep abreast with latest development in its world.

Human beings desire to be informed of what is within their immediate environment and the world as a whole. The media is the active agent in the globalization process by the accessibility of information. Mass media is made up of television, computer, films, radio e.t.c they have the capability to decide issues good for the consumption of the public, through their news coverage and subsequent discussion of event.

Sociologically, news dissemination by the media in society or Nation is determined by the ideological setup of the society. When such a society operates, the communist or capitalist system of economy, the media will reflect idea in the reporting of events. 

 
CHAPTER ONE
 
1.00  INTRODUCTION _      _       _       _       _1    
 
1.01  HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE CASE STUDY_ _       _2    
 
1.02  PROBLEM STATEMENT_  _       _       _       _      5
 
1.03  STATEMENT OF HYPOTHESIS _         _       _       _5
 
1.04  THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY _   _       _     _       _6
 
1.05  LIMITATION OF THE STUDY_    _       _     _       _7
 
1.06  DEFINITION OF TERMS _  _          _       _       _7    
 
CHAPTER TWO
 
2.00 REVIEW OF
 
THEORETICAL LITERATURE AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK_ _       _       _       _10
 
2.01  INTRODUCTION:_      _       _        _10
 
2.02  CONCEPT
 
OF MEDIA LITERACY _     _       _       _       _       _13
 
2.03  BASIC
 
ROLE PLAYED BY MASS MEDIA IN FACILITATING COMMUNITY_    _    _       _       _       _ 14
 
2.04  GREEDINESS OF THE MASS MEDIA IN GHANA _       _       _       _15
 
2.0    REVIEW OF RELATED