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Mediating Politics: Human Rights and Democratization in Nigeria 1990-1999 - Couverture souple

Ibraheem, Ismail

 
9783659158711: Mediating Politics: Human Rights and Democratization in Nigeria 1990-1999

Synopsis

The mass media, through their structure and orientation, influence political contests between actors. By providing access to different groups , individuals and institutions, the media contribute to domestic empowerment or disempowerment in democratisation. Through issues raised and organisations used as sources of news, human rights influenced the coverage of democratisation in Nigeria as evinced by the discourses on the June 12, 1993 Presidential Election and the Ogoni crisis in 1995. This study makes a powerful case for the theorisation of democratisation in Nigeria between 1990 and 1999 as a communication process. The author argues stridently that theorisation of democratisation as a communication process contributes to our knowledge of the relationship between human rights, media and politics in the context of Nigeria.

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À propos de l'auteur

Dr Ismail Ibraheem is a lecturer at the Department of Mass Communication, University of Lagos. Prior to joining the University of Lagos in June 2011, Dr Ibraheem lectured in several universities in the United Kingdom. Dr Ibraheem's current research interests include political communication, health communication, new media and globalisation

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