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Abstract This study was on an assessment of the mass media and management of human right in Nigeria. Three objectives were raised which included:  To investigate whether professional training of journalists or lack of it effects the media objectively, to find out the different ways of media control by government media and how it affects media coverage of human rights issues and violations, to discover whether ethnicity plays any influencing ...

Abstract   This study was on mass media as tool for enhancing farmers productivity. Two objectives were raised which included: to identify the topics on agricultural radio program presented by Radio,  to find out the level of access of households to the agricultural radio program, to determine farmers’ perception of the content of the farm program aired by the FM and to examine the level of adoption of the farm ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1  BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY One of the primary challenges faced by developing countries especially Nigeria stems from the breakdown of bordering between their internal and external aspects. Professionals and scholars have arranged that increasing the actions and statement of Nigerian leaders and citizens simultaneously affect National and International identity and image. This is due to increasing levels of interaction between her citizens, leaders and other external ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION   1.1      BACK GROUP TO THE STUDY  The problem of development has occupied to attention of scholars, activists, politic rams, development works and international organize for many year with an increased tarps in to last deaden. According to UNDP report. In 1998, It advocated that even through there are different perspectives to development there is a general consensus that development will lead to good change manifested in ...

ABSTRACT Investigative journalism was described in many ways throughout the afternoon: as “uncovering the hidden”; “expensive”; “difficult”; “requiring dedication”; “has impact”; “holding power to account”. These terms are important: I’ve blogged elsewhere about journalism’s professional ideology and how it compares to bloggers’, and investigative journalism has its own professional ideology within that. If we are going to ask “But is it investigative journalism?” then these will be particularly relevant. For ...

ABSTRACT This research work studies the mass media’s contributions to the political values of openness and democratic accountability that go by the name of ‘transparency’. In fact, the metaphor of transparency encompasses three separate political virtues, which often work together but are analytically distinct. The first kind of transparency is informational transparency, knowledge about government actors and decisions and access to government information. Informational transparency can be furthered by requiring ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION What are the effects of foreign-produced entertainment programs on the knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, behaviors, values and traditions of Yoruba radio and television viewers? Some studies suggest that these programs erode the traditional values of indigenous cultures; others argue that audiences are not passive dupes of the foreign ideology, and are capable of negotiating the messages in foreign media. This study attempts to resolve these differences by focusing ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION The conventional wisdom among Third World planners today is that the mass media should integrate with the indigenous modes of communication in promoting development. This wisdom has become intuitively logical because the traditional forms of communication are innate to Third World societies and, therefore, better suited for the dissemination of culture-centred development information to people at the grassroots. However, while the intrinsic nature of the indigenous forms ...

Abstract The study focuses on mass media as tools for social development with a focus on Osun State Broadcasting Corporation. Mass media is one of the engines that propel the social development for its continuity and realization through: Informing, entertaining, and persuading. Mass media is a powerful tool for social change in any society. The study is anchored on developmental media theory and cultivation. The research adopted survey research method ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Policy making is a political process which is affected by various social and economic factors and the media plays an integral role in shaping the social context in which policies are developed. Through the media, citizens learn how government policies will affect them, and governments gain feedback on their policies and programs. The media acts as the primary conduit between those who ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1     BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY This research touches on the various aspects of the mass media as instruments of political mobilization. In other words, it explores into the mass media as a mobilization agency during the political transition period. It is thus, an important assumption of the work that a systematic study of political mobilization by mass media should include an examination and the nature of operation ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Media has turned the world into a global village. It is prominent tool and a best means of one way communication. So, it’s being widely used for everything and for any purpose. It has been playing a significant role in most of all social, political and development sectors due to its power to influence on attitude and behaviour of general public and ...

ABSTRACT The various literature studies intended to the mass media role in the national development and this clear in the area of political leadership. In this study, the researcher decided to draw home the Tourism that without a national political consciousness and viable political participation resulting in good leadership, there could be no genuine national development. The mass media is the fourth estate of government had been assigned the various ...

ABSTRACT This is a study that is pre-occupied with an in-depth analysis of the influence of Mass Media pm the coverage of Human Rights activities and also on political issues in Nigeria. Some national deilies like the vangurage, New Nigerian, Punch and Daily Times Newspapers were critically evaluated and content analyzed, on a given period of time. In achieving this, we embarked on a look into the extent of coverage ...

ABSTRACT In this study, I tried to examine the mass media as regards to whether they have played a role in the resolution of the Ijaw and Itsekiri Crisis, which started as far back as 1997 up till date.  Hence this research work is carried out to determine to what extent the mass media could go in crisis resolution. The first chapter contains the introduction, chapter two focuses on literature ...

ABSTRACT This project examines the roles of the media on enhancement of urban degradation and environmental sanitation in Nigeria.  It also examine the environmental management problems with its implications on human health.  The objectives of the study is to examine the causes, effects and solutions of urban degradation and environmental sanitation in Nigeria, especially Nsukka urban of Enugu State.     The method of research used was survey method as it is ...

CHAPTER ONE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY 1.1        INTRODUCTION Generally, all mass media organs in all established societies are expected to fulfill certain responsibilities and these obviously would include creating awareness and mobilizing public support towards governmental or public oriented programmes.  Television, as a mass media organ, is equally expected to fulfill these functions as well. First of all, it would be necessary to explain what television as a medium of mass ...

  CHAPTER ONE 1.0       INTRODUCTION Mass medial has assumed a very important position in the educational development in Nigeria.  This accounts for the introduction of the universal free primary Education-UPE in 1996 and the establishment of new primary, secondary and post secondary school over the country. The word-Education could be defined in various ways.  In a very broad sense, education could be defined to include every agency which enables an individual ...

ABSTRACT The research work used social responsibility and Agenda setting theories to examine the importance of media coverage of sports programmes in Nigeria. The research work also carried out an investigation on the role of mass media in the area of sports coverage and to make suggestions on how to progress and towards the works of the mass media and also the mass media have many functions such as educating, ...

ABSTRACT This examine the role of mass medial in educational development in Nigeria.  The background centre on the role of mass medial in educational development in Nigeria finding out whether television plays an effective role in formal education. The researcher has attempted to carry out series of analysis and study to confirm that the NTA programme-“Science for schools” actually perform its educational role. This study confirms that the programme actually ...