MASS MEDIA & THE COVERAGE OF HUMAN RIGHT ISSUE IN NIGERIA
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 ...
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