Authors : Joseph Oluchukwu Wogu, Uche Asogwa, Ifeyinwa O. Ezenwaji and Christopher I. Ibenegbu
Abstract: 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.
Joseph Oluchukwu Wogu, Uche Asogwa, Ifeyinwa O. Ezenwaji and Christopher I. Ibenegbu, 2018. The Implications of Emerging Trends in Mass Communication and Media Technology for Education Sector in Third World Countries. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 13: 8461-8468.