ABSTRACT
The mass media an avenue for spurring the masses for political mobilization ensures the dissemination of political information to the masses and also ensures the free flow of information between the government and the electorate so as to create political awareness and participation.
This research work has gone a step further to examine the roles which the mass media has played towards the political progress of our country Nigeria, through the use of social scientific method of field survey the researcher was able to gather authentic information.
The findings after the research work indicate that the mass media have contributed tremendously to political participation of the masses towards the development of the country Nigeria.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE I
APPROVAL PAGE II
DEDICATION III
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IV
ABSTRACT V
TABLE OF CONTENTS VI
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 1
1.2 STATEMENT OF RESEARCH PROBLEM 6
1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 8
1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 9
1.5 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 10
1.6 RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS 11
1.7 DEFINITION OF TERMS 11
1.8 ASSUMPTIONS 13
1.9 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY 14
CHAPTER TWO
2.0 REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE 16
2.1 SOURCES OF LITERATURE 16
2.2 THE REVIEW
2.3 SUMMARY OF LITERATURE REVIEW 26
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 METHODOLOGY 28
3.1 RESEARCH METHOD 28
3.2 RESEARCH DESIGN 28
3.3 RESEARCH SAMPLE 29
3.4 DATA COLLECTION 30
3.5 DATA ANALYSIS (METHOD) 31
3.6 EXPECTED RESULTS 32
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 DATA ANALYSIS AND RESULTS 33
4.1 DATA ANALYSIS
4.2 RESULTS 45
CHAPTER FIVE
5.0 SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION 48
5.1 SUMMARY 48
5.2 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER STUDY 50
REFERENCES 57
