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The Role of the Media in Leadership Recruitment in Nigeria: An Analysis of the 2015 Presidential Election

The growth, development and stability of any giving society depend largely on the quality and type of leadership it possess vis-à-vis the input of the civil society organizations to the emergence of such leaders. Based on this backdrop, the paper examined the role of the Nigerian media in leadership...

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Main Authors: Adamu, Abdulrahman, Bashir, Muktar
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Language:English
Published: Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad Thoughts Institute (IPDM) 2018
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HM Sociology
Online Access:https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/29852/1/JLP%2003%2001%202018%201-12.pdf
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spelling my.uum.repo.298522023-10-29T14:06:21Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/29852/ The Role of the Media in Leadership Recruitment in Nigeria: An Analysis of the 2015 Presidential Election Adamu, Abdulrahman Bashir, Muktar HM Sociology The growth, development and stability of any giving society depend largely on the quality and type of leadership it possess vis-à-vis the input of the civil society organizations to the emergence of such leaders. Based on this backdrop, the paper examined the role of the Nigerian media in leadership recruitment with particular reference to Nigeria’s 2015 Presidential election. The paper therefore revealed that the advocacy role of the Nigerian media before and during the 2015 Presidential election was not balanced. Thus, the study adopted qualitative method in the collection and analysis of data while Agenda setting theory was applied as a theoretical framework. The paper recommends among others that the media managers and practitioners should genuinely embrace unbiased professional ethics of the media in their reportage. Theoretically, the paper adopted Agenda setting theory as a theoretical framework for its analysis. Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad Thoughts Institute (IPDM) 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/29852/1/JLP%2003%2001%202018%201-12.pdf Adamu, Abdulrahman and Bashir, Muktar (2018) The Role of the Media in Leadership Recruitment in Nigeria: An Analysis of the 2015 Presidential Election. Journal on Leadership & Policy (JLP), 3 (1). pp. 1-12. ISSN 0127-0869
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Adamu, Abdulrahman
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The Role of the Media in Leadership Recruitment in Nigeria: An Analysis of the 2015 Presidential Election
description The growth, development and stability of any giving society depend largely on the quality and type of leadership it possess vis-à-vis the input of the civil society organizations to the emergence of such leaders. Based on this backdrop, the paper examined the role of the Nigerian media in leadership recruitment with particular reference to Nigeria’s 2015 Presidential election. The paper therefore revealed that the advocacy role of the Nigerian media before and during the 2015 Presidential election was not balanced. Thus, the study adopted qualitative method in the collection and analysis of data while Agenda setting theory was applied as a theoretical framework. The paper recommends among others that the media managers and practitioners should genuinely embrace unbiased professional ethics of the media in their reportage. Theoretically, the paper adopted Agenda setting theory as a theoretical framework for its analysis.
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author Adamu, Abdulrahman
Bashir, Muktar
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title The Role of the Media in Leadership Recruitment in Nigeria: An Analysis of the 2015 Presidential Election
title_short The Role of the Media in Leadership Recruitment in Nigeria: An Analysis of the 2015 Presidential Election
title_full The Role of the Media in Leadership Recruitment in Nigeria: An Analysis of the 2015 Presidential Election
title_fullStr The Role of the Media in Leadership Recruitment in Nigeria: An Analysis of the 2015 Presidential Election
title_full_unstemmed The Role of the Media in Leadership Recruitment in Nigeria: An Analysis of the 2015 Presidential Election
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publisher Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad Thoughts Institute (IPDM)
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