Poster as Effective Means of Communication: A Study of students in Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri

Ifeyinwa Okoli Akirika, Rose-collet Okonkwo, Joy Mbakwe

Abstract


In view, this study focused on the effect of poster as effective means of communication to the students of Alvan Ikoku College of Education. To achieve this objective the researchers used the survey method. There appears to be a gap in communication among tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The various modes of communication appear in effective, creating some obvious communication gaps among students and the entire institution. Questionnaire, which is administered to the population, is made up of the students how many? The sample size of the population is 250 students. Also, photographs of posters were analyzed. The findings got from the research instrument shows that the posters at A.I.F.C.E, Owerri serve as effective means of communication to the students; they also help to boost sales and help to create awareness among the students. Based on the above findings, the following recommendations .were made; A.I.F.C.E, authority should organize workshop and seminar on the impact of posters .in the education of children; they should also encourage the mounting of posters on the campus in an aesthetic manner.

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