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This study is aimed at finding out the influence of Newspaper political Reports on the voting Behaviour of Electorates. It aimed at determining through opinion survey, the degree at which the voting behaviour of electorates is effected by their exposure to newspaper political report, using Enugu state local Government Areas (North and South) as a case study. An empirical survey of five (5) of the twenty (20) wards in Enugu local Govern […]
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INTRODUCTION 1.1 BRIEF HISTORY OF THE NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE AS A NATION STATE To highlight some significant event and developments in response to a review of Nigeria experience as a nation state, it is intellectual to present a brief survey of the part to understand the distinct phases through which the nation passed to arrive at its present political state and economic condition vis-à-vis revenue allocation. Some of these historical per […]
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Introduction 1.1 Background of the study Democratic governance with its ideal of elective representation, freedom of choice of leaders, rule of law, freedom of expression, accountability etc has become the acceptable system of government all over the world. It is a form of government in which the supreme power of a political community rest on popular sovereignty. According to oyovbaire (1987) democracy as a system of government seeks […]
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1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The political entity called Nigeria has continued since independence under one form of governance to the other. The military rulers have had to rule by decrees thus suspending the constitution that guarantees the citizenry their fundamental human rights. It, therefore, makes it obvious that the basis for government, which is for the ultimate good of the people, is defeated when their rights […]
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1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The development of Nigerian politics is interwoven with that of the press. The early press, notably Townsend’s Iwe Irolin fun awon oti Egba Yoruba, the Nigerian first newspaper was used as a political progranda tool to fight the colonial administration in Lagos during the struggle for Independence. Idowu (2001:55) reports that the newspaper was so effective that the Church Missionary Society […]
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BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Since the inception of colonialism, the government over the years enjoyed a monopoly of the proprietorship of broadcasting stations with all the implications of that monopoly. That the right to private ownership of the broadcast media, implied in the right to freedom of expression, enshrined in section 36 of the 1979 constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria is circumscribed within sub-section 2 of that sa […]
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1.0 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The media as had been established can provide for audience members information on Varity of issue. By emphasizing certain topic stressing particular interpretation and projects specific themes the media creates some distorted impression with their “ definition” portraying reflection of the real society ie if sexual promiscuity is regularly portrayed as widely practices and accepted in this sense, the viewers […]