ABSTRACT
This study is about the role of the press in the pol itical process in
Nigeria; analysing its perception of political power, uses and
interpretation of political realities in the country within the field of
alternative media studies, using West Afr·ican Pilot newspaper
and TheNews magazine as models.
The study reviews relevant concP-pts such as political participation,
democracy, citizen's media, n·.odels of alternative press; its
theories and practice, as well as the two publications used as case
studies with emphasis ot; editorial contents as our unit of analysis.
The central argument in this study is that the social context of the
exercise o f political power by the state is a critical factor in the
analysis of alternative press. This is in contrast with the intellectual
posture in which the alternative press is discussed exclusively in
terms of media hegemony and minority press.
We have argued that alternative press is not an exclusive media
variant, but a political and cultvral reality, which is rooted in the
protest movement against domination in all its manifestations.
The theoretical framework for this study is hat may be called the
alternative theory of social responsibility, which provides the
platform for discussing the sources of political obligations of the
press in the country.
EMMANUEL, O (2021). The Press And Politics In Nigeria: A Critical Appraisal Of West African Pilot And The news. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/the-press-and-politics-in-nigeria-a-critical-appraisal-of-west-african-pilot-and-the-news-1
EMMANUEL, ODOZI "The Press And Politics In Nigeria: A Critical Appraisal Of West African Pilot And The news" Afribary. Afribary, 11 Apr. 2021, https://afribary.com/works/the-press-and-politics-in-nigeria-a-critical-appraisal-of-west-african-pilot-and-the-news-1. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
EMMANUEL, ODOZI . "The Press And Politics In Nigeria: A Critical Appraisal Of West African Pilot And The news". Afribary, Afribary, 11 Apr. 2021. Web. 15 Nov. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/the-press-and-politics-in-nigeria-a-critical-appraisal-of-west-african-pilot-and-the-news-1 >.
EMMANUEL, ODOZI . "The Press And Politics In Nigeria: A Critical Appraisal Of West African Pilot And The news" Afribary (2021). Accessed November 15, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/the-press-and-politics-in-nigeria-a-critical-appraisal-of-west-african-pilot-and-the-news-1