SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ROLES OF THE NIGERIA PRESS IN OBASNJOÃ¢â‚¬â„¢S LEADERSHIP, A FULFILLMENT OR BETRAYAL

By

ATASIE SUNDAY VICTOR PA/MC/N2002/006

Presented To

Department of Mass Communication

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TABLE OF CONTENT

Title page

Approval page

Dedication acknowledgement

Table of content

CHAPTER ONE

Introduction

1.1 Background of the study

1.2 Statement of research problems

1.3 Objective of the study

1.4 Significant of the study

1.5 Research questions

1.6 Research hypotheses

1.7 Definition of term

1.8 Assumptions

1.9 Scope and limitation of the study

CHAPTER TWO

Literature review

2.1 Sources of literature

2.2 Theoretical framework

2.3 The review

2.4 Summary of literature review

CHAPTER THREE

3.1 Research method

3.2 Research design

3.3 Sampling procedure

3.4 Random sampling

3.5 Population

3.6 Sample size

3.7 Measuring instrument

3.8 Method of data analysis

3.9 Expected results

CHAPTER FOUR

Presentation of data analysis, result, hypothesis testing and discussion

4.1 Presentation of data analysis

4.2 Results

4.3 Hypotheses testing

4.4 Discussions

CHAPTER FIVE

5.1 summary

5.2 conclusion

5.3 recommendations

5.4 questionnaires

References

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Next to God, it is perhaps the press that legitimists what Nigerian or other people consider to the truth in any given situation. If people swear to God that Alhaji Awwal Ibrahim was actually caught with six million dollars at hear throw airport in 1982 or that Alhaji Ilmara Dikko smuggled himself though the boarders ââ‚¬ï¿½“by wearing the cassock of a catholic priest or that Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe has died, they will have a news paper to justify their claims.

I read it in the newspaper, if you doubt it, I stile have to copy of it, are some of the claims made by Nigerian media consumers seeking to be believed.

The realities of today tend to lead people to very misleading conclusions about the social responsibility roles and place of the Nigerian press in the hearts and minds of ordinary citizens of this country as far as their experiences are concerned.

Any democratic society must have a way ensuring adequate communication between the government and the governed. Ti is the responsibility of the press in a democratic society such as Nigeria to explain government activities to the public and to solvent the co operation of her citizen with the government and their participation in political life of the country. The press also servers as the watchdog of the government, criticizing the excesses of the government and ensuring public accountability for the good operation of the machinery of government.

In both democratic and military rules in Nigeria, the press has been accused of not being objective, factual, investigation and interpretative in its reporting. in this present leadership under chief Olusequn Obasanjo, the social responsibility roles for the press have been questionable. A good number of the Nigerian citizen feels out its social responsibility in accordance with the ethics and norms for the profession. Instead, the government in power dictates the tune.

In ay democratic society, freedom of the press is the watch word and it is to be guarded as an inaliable right of the people in a free society. If carries wit it the freedom and responsibility to discuss, question and challenge actions and utterances of government and of public and private institution.

The success and failure of a government is determined to be a considerable extent by the ability of the press to live up to its social responsibility.

Some obvious policies of chief Olusequn Obasayoââ‚¬â„¢s government which the press supposed to have continuously criticized were played down by the Nigerian press. Such polices like the flagrant increase in the prices of petroleum products, barring of some commodities with out providing alternatives and promises of putting in place some palliative measures which never came. The Obasanjo leadership ensured that the media especially, the government continuously carried jungles in support of such policies that inflicted more pains on the citizens of this country. Few private media put up some editorial and features against such polices which were regarded as insignificant because at the and of the day, such policies sailed through

1.2 STATEMENT OF THE RESEARCH PROBLEMS

To look at the watchdog role of the press was it properly carried out.
Journalists, do they know their social responsibility.
To know if the journalist of today still walk in the step of the founding fathers

1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

To evaluate the press extent in discharging its social responsibility
Ownership factor whether it impeded or enhanced their performance.
To find out if the press was partisan.

1.4 SIGNIFICANT OF THE STUDY

To know if the press is living up to expectation
To know the extent the press explains government activities.
To examine how far the pres exposed corruption and other ills in the society.

1.5 RESEARCH QUESTIONS

Does the Nigerian press perform the social responsibility of the press in national interest
Does the Nigeria press protect regional / ethnic interest in performing its social responsibility roles?
Does the Nigeria press criticize the actions and utterances of the government?

1.6 RESEARCH HYPOTHESES

Hi : the Nigerian press perform the social responsibility of the press in national interest.

Ho: the Nigerian press did not perform the social responsibility of the press in national interest.

H2: the Nigerian press protects regional / ethnic interest in performing its social responsibility roles.

Ho: the Nigerian press did not protect regional / ethnic interest in performing its social responsibility roles.

H3: the Nigerian press criticized the actions and utterances of government

Ho; the Nigerian press did not criticized the actions and utterances of government

1.7 DEFINITION OF TERMS

Conceptual definitions

Nigerian press: This refers to printed and broadcast materials in the country which are the printed and electronic media
Government policies: This refers to the programme and policies of which the Nigerian political leaders execute.
Fourth republic: This refers to the period starting from May 1999 to the present time.
Partisan role: This refers to a blind or unreasonable support of a particular political party the Nigerian press.
Operational definition
Conceptual: This refers o the watchdog role of the press (social responsibility)
Operational: To comment fairly and constructively on political activities and presenting balanced reports of what happened.
Criticize
Conceptual: This refers to those word, statements and phrases published in newspaper which did not give two sides of government.
Operational: it helps in putting actions and utterances in check.

1.8 ASSUMPTIONS

It is assumed that the Nigerian press contributed to the success or failure of any government in power by being sociality responsible.
It is assumed that journalist in private press discharge their social responsibility roles more than those in government media.
It is also assumed that government press believes in the traditional adage that ââ‚¬ï¿½“he who pays the piper dictates the trueââ‚¬Âï¿½ thus they become government megaphones.

1.9 SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY

Time constraints: time was a major limitation to the research
Lack of materials: the dearth of up to date textbooks and journals in the school library and the difficulty in obtaining them
Finance: this was had to come by because of the economic hardship in the country.

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