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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 1.1  BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Communication is so vital in our lives that it could be regarded as one of the characteristics of living organisms. It is a necessary condition education, socialization, understanding, co-operation and even confrontation. (Ekeanyanwu, 2007, p. 13). Communication has no doubt become a powerful instrument of peace and war, thus aiding and abatting the mutual relationship between countries of the world. And when ...

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 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, ...