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 PAGEI
APPROVAL PAGEII
DEDICATIONIII
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTIV
ABSTRACTV
TABLE OF CONTENTSVI
CHAPTER ONE
1.0INTRODUCTION1
1.1BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY1
1.2STATEMENT OF RESEARCH PROBLEM6
1.3OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY8
1.4SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY9
1.5RESEARCH QUESTIONS10
1.6RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS11
1.7DEFINITION OF TERMS11
1.8ASSUMPTIONS13
1.9LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY14
CHAPTER TWO
2.0REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE16
2.1SOURCES OF LITERATURE16
2.2THE REVIEW
2.3SUMMARY OF LITERATURE REVIEW26
CHAPTER THREE
3.0METHODOLOGY28
3.1RESEARCH METHOD28
3.2RESEARCH DESIGN28
3.3RESEARCH SAMPLE29
3.4DATA COLLECTION30
3.5DATA ANALYSIS (METHOD)31
3.6EXPECTED RESULTS32
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0DATA ANALYSIS AND RESULTS33
4.1DATA ANALYSIS
4.2RESULTS45
CHAPTER FIVE
5.0SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION48
5.1SUMMARY48
5.2RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER STUDY50
REFERENCES57
