TRADITIONAL COMMUNICATION METHODS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON RURAL DWELLERS

This study aims at highlighting the “Traditional Communication methods and their influence on rural dwellers”. The people of Nsit Ibom Local Government Area is chosen as a study. A survey research design was considered appropriate for the study. Using clustering sampling procedure for the collection of sample size of 400 from the population census 2006. The objective guide the study, were, (1) to determined the influence created by traditional communication methods of the people of Nsit Ibom L.G.A, (2) To determine how people relate with signs and symbols in the process of communication. The questionnaire was used to gather data. Simple percentages and respondents distribution tanes was used in the presentation of data analysis. It is believed that, at the end of the study using all the necessary procedures and techniques, the real influence of traditional communication method on rural dwellers shall be revealed.