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Broadcasting and Politics in Nigeria, 1963
Broadcasting and Politics in Nigeria,
ISBN 978 049 378 6
-
2004
Digitally Signed by Ray.Udeajah
Faculty of Arts
University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Rayquest
Mass Communication
Broadcasting and Politics in Nigeria, 1963
Broadcasting and Politics in Nigeria, 1963 –
Udeajah, Ray A.
Snaap Press
Ray.Udeajah
a, Nsukka
Broadcasting and Politics in Nigeria, 1963 – 2003
– 2003
Broadcasting and Politics in Nigeria, 1963 – 2003
Abstract
Broadcasting blends life and history, time and eternity, reality and legend into a
significant mosaic to enhance human
aspirations. In Nigeria, radio and television
programmes have been used over the years by
each succeeding government to enlist loyalty
and to mobilize the populace towards political
goals. In pursuit of their tasks, political actors
rely heavily upon the services of the media
stations. This is because broadcast media
products influence people’s political
orientation. Nigerian broadcasting
environment has changed considerably. The
number and variety of broadcasting stations
and media users have increased tremendously.
This book examines the evolution of
broadcasting in the political history of Nigeria
over a period of 40 years: 1963-2003. This
work is both chronological and thematic. It
combines descriptive analysis with appraisal
of the mutual influence of the principal
variables. The researcher obtained data from
both primary and secondary sources. The
former includes information elicited from
broadcast media practitioners and from the
audience of their programmes. Oral interview
dominated in that case, whereas in the latter, the search for data extended to books,
academic journals, seminar papers, policy pronouncements, government official records,
and related publications. After collecting data from these sources, the researcher
evaluated them, and synthesized the evidence in order to establish facts regarding the
relationship between broadcasting and politics in the evolution of Nigeria. Broadcasting
evolved side by side with politics in Nigeria, and both had mutual influence throughout
the period covered by this study. From the modest beginning of the First Republic,
through military-civilian transitions, the media survived the monopoly of government.
When innovative policies and technologies transformed Nigerian broadcast spectrum
with liberalization in 1992, private broadcast stations emerged. Broadcasting became a
major source of information for political actors of varied orientations. Subsequently,
more people learned about Nigeria not just by direct experience but also through a
representation of it in radio and television. This reality has tremendous consequences for
meaningful existence in the future.
• About the author and his book The author, Ray A. Udeajah, is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mass
Communication in his alma mater, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. His interest in this
book centres on the political role of communication culture in democracy. He
acknowledges the immense contributions of broadcast culture to the processes of
social re-orientation and mass mobilization.
A multi-disciplinary scholar, Ray
Udeajah holds the following degrees of the
University of Nigeria, Nsukka:
• Ph.D in Political History, with
specialization in Broadcast History.
• MSc in Political Science
• MA in Mass Communication
• BA Ed. (Hons.) Modern Languages
His interdisciplinary curiosity has inspired
many candidates to success in communication
studies.
This book is situated at the point of
intersection of disciplines in Engineering,
Humanities and Social Sciences. Its unique volume of 554 pages elucidates the
relationships between broadcasting and politics and shows how politics influenced
the evolution of the broadcast industry in Nigeria. More than this, it fills the gap in
knowledge and satisfies the great need of enabling the reader understand political
actors’ manipulation of the mass media. Through this book the reader learns to look
at Nigeria’s political adventures and broadcast media system in a new light.