NEW WORLD INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION ORDER (NWICO) AND THE WORLDS COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS: A PROPOSAL TO THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT

Abstract

This paper examines whether the New World Information and Communication Order (NWICO) was geared towards ameliorating communication challenges in the world especially in the Third World, Nigeria in particular. Before the New World Information and Communication Order there has been an Old Information Order in existence, in the form of imbalance and inequalities in the access of information. It shows that the media have been manipulated to become means of expressing system domination which is clearly seen in the media content and programming. This paper examines Media content/programme and market penetration, cultural imperialism and media imperialism as forms of expression of system domination. This paper resolved that to fill the gap between the developed nations and the developing nations. The media should have control over media contents from powerful nations. Regional bodies like the Pan African News Agencies and broadcasting unions should have an important mode of resistance in polling of resources. The developing nations should make their media content rich enough to match that of the developed nations so that there will be balance in information flow.