THE IMPACT OF NIGERIAN PRESS ON SHAPING THE COUNTRY’S POLITICAL STRUCTURE (PERIOD OF STUDY 1999 TO 2004

ABSTRACT

This paper examines the role or the impact of Nigerian Press on shaping the country’s political structure period of study 1999-2004.

A general study of Nigeria is because it happens to be the period when we witness a transition to civilian rule. Many library materials constituted the sample source and literature review. Dates were also collected through extensive reading of information material on the government administrative policy.

There findings showed that by the period of 1999, government activities in respect to the policy of administration supposed to have passed the stages of mobilization to that of execution, and that newspaper will not only covered those activities by use of newstones but also comment on the policy formulation and application through the use of feature articles and editorials. The newspaper also identifies problems that should be solved for the government programmes to succeed.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

COVER PAGEI

TITLE PAGEII

CERTIFICATIONIII

DEDICATIONIV

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTV

ABSTRACTVI

TABLE OF CONTENTSVII

LIST OF TABLES

CHAPTER ONE

1.0INTRODUCTION1

1.1BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY4

1.2STATEMENT OF RESEARCH PROBLEMS5

1.3OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY7

1.4SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY7

1.5RESEARCH QUESTIONS8

1.6RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS8

1.7LIMITATION OF THE STUDY9

1.8ASSUMPTIONS10

CHAPTER TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW11

2.0POLITICAL STRUCTURE AND MEDIA DEVELOPMENT11

2.1PRESS VOICE OF THE VOICELESS12

2.2BANNING NEWSPAPERS14

2.3HOW FREE IS THE NIGERIA PRESS15

2.4ROLE OF THE PRESS IN THE SOCIETY16

2.5CHALLENGING OF PRESS MAN20

2.6PRESS VIEW ON POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT

OF NIGERIA22

2.7PRESS AND POWER IN NIGERIA POLITICS28

2.8THE PERIOD OF MUTALA/OBASANJO

MILITARY REGIME29

2.9SUMMARY OF LITERATURE REVIEW34

CHAPTER THREE

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY36

3.0RESEARCH DESIGN36

3.1RESEARCH SAMPLE AND PROCEDURE36

3.2MEASURING INSTRUMENTS37

3.3DATA COLLECTION37

3.4DATA ANALYSIS38

3.5EXPECTED RESULT38

CHAPTER FOUR

4.0DATA PRESENTATION AND RESULTS39

4.1SUMMARY OF RESULT44

4.2DISCUSSION46

CHAPTER FIVE

5.0SUMMARY48

5.1RECOMMENDATION FOR FURTHER STUDY 49

REFERENCE51

APPENDIX53

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Ugwu, A. (2018). THE IMPACT OF NIGERIAN PRESS ON SHAPING THE COUNTRY’S POLITICAL STRUCTURE (PERIOD OF STUDY 1999 TO 2004. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/the-impact-of-nigerian-press-on-shaping-the-country-rsquo-s-political-structure-period-of-study-1999-to-2004-7818

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Ugwu, Anderson "THE IMPACT OF NIGERIAN PRESS ON SHAPING THE COUNTRY’S POLITICAL STRUCTURE (PERIOD OF STUDY 1999 TO 2004" Afribary. Afribary, 29 Jan. 2018, https://afribary.com/works/the-impact-of-nigerian-press-on-shaping-the-country-rsquo-s-political-structure-period-of-study-1999-to-2004-7818. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.

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Ugwu, Anderson . "THE IMPACT OF NIGERIAN PRESS ON SHAPING THE COUNTRY’S POLITICAL STRUCTURE (PERIOD OF STUDY 1999 TO 2004". Afribary, Afribary, 29 Jan. 2018. Web. 18 Apr. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/the-impact-of-nigerian-press-on-shaping-the-country-rsquo-s-political-structure-period-of-study-1999-to-2004-7818 >.

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Ugwu, Anderson . "THE IMPACT OF NIGERIAN PRESS ON SHAPING THE COUNTRY’S POLITICAL STRUCTURE (PERIOD OF STUDY 1999 TO 2004" Afribary (2018). Accessed April 18, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/the-impact-of-nigerian-press-on-shaping-the-country-rsquo-s-political-structure-period-of-study-1999-to-2004-7818

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