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INTRODUCTION
The political entity called Nigeria has continued since independence under one form of governance to the other. The military rulers have had to rule by decrees thus suspending the constitution that guarantees the citizenry their fundamental human rights.
It, therefore, makes it obvious that the basis for government, which is for the ultimate good of the people, is defeated when their rights are not guaranteed. And indeed authoritarian rule has not helped human right issues, as abuse had over time been recorded and even in the most bizarre manner.
This is where the mass media comes into focus, as though, the government and the governed are better informed about their various privileges and limitations as they are entrenched in the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria, able it only under a democratically elected government.
The mass media serve as the cornstone of any progress in the society both economically and politically. And because they serve as an essential ingredients in the successful management of human right abuse all over the world. It is therefore expected that their role as societal watchdogs should not be abandoned for some mundane issue. For a society that its citizens cannot be guaranteed for the protection of their fundamental human rights cannot be said to be free in the real sense of the word.
The mass media have always been a chamel through which human rights abuse had been exposed to the public. But there are times that human rights abuses have been quite intractable for the mass media to manage either due to tribal or religious sentiments or out right ownership interference. In such cases, the citizens whose rights have been abused are unfortunately given the sthort end of the stick.
The mass media should be able to effectively manage the issue of human right abuses as they are unfolded in the society. Considering the fact that they most of the time set the agenda for public discourse, they should in the process be able to distinguish what should be known and what should not be known.
Except in that case they want to leave the role of agenda setting to the. Government, which is this case Means that the people are indolent and as Plato stressed (Odyseey press 1966:28) “they look up to the leaders of the state to say what goes”.
Despite the inability of the mass media to at times manage human right abuses in Nigeria, they have at other times pre- empted the activities of human right groups in the past, thus, leading to clampdown on members of the groups.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
i Cover page
ii Title page
iii Approval page
iv Dedication
v Acknowledgement
vi Abstract
vii Table of contents
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the study
1.2 Statement of problems
1.3 Objectives of the study
1.4 Significance of the study
1.5 Research questions
1.6 Research hypothesis
1.8 Definition of terms
1.9 Conceptual And Operation Definitions
1.10 Theoretical Frame Work Of The Studies
CHAPTER TWO
2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Sources Of Literature
2.1 The Review
2.2 Sectionalism And Media Practice In Nigeria
2.3 Media Freedom And Human Bights Abuse In Nigeria
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Research Method
3.2 Research Design
3.3 Data Collections
3.4 Method Of Data Analysis
References
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 DATA ANALYSIS PRESENTATION AND RESULT
4.1 Data Analysis
4.2 Presentation Of Result
4.2 Discussion
Reference
CHAPTER FIVE
50. SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION
51. Summary
5.2 Recommendation For Further Study
Bibliography