FEATURES OF DEMOCRACY AND HOW THE MEDIA HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE ATTAINMENT OF DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA
NdonimaUhweDanjuma;B. T. Dansoho&Hembamtor Millicent Agir
Department of Mass Communication, Nigerian Army College of Environmental Science and Techn,Makurdi
Department of Mass Communication, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria
Department of Mass Communication, Benue State University, Makurdi, Nigeria
Email: danjumandonimau@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
The work examined the features of democracy and how the media has contributed to the attainment of democracy in Nigeria. The work is anchored on the agenda setting, framing and priming theories of the mass media. The impact of mass media in sustainable democracy in Nigeria cannot be overemphasized. Therefore, mass media must look for avenues to improve on the quality of information they disseminate in order to sustain Nigeria’s democracy. The Nigerian media has an important role to play in this present democratic dispensation by allowing for orderly succession of civilian to civilian administration. It is by so doing that democracy can fully be sustained and beyond.
