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Twenty Years of Nigerian Television: 1959-1979

This study reviews the evolution of Nigerian broadcasting from 1935 to 1979, with emphasis on the development of Nigerian television broadcasting. The problem was to discern how Nigeria's social and political structures have affected its radio and television system. The study concludes that both the heterogeneity of Nigerian society and the country's continued political unrest pose a threat to either private or government ownership of television stations. Today, approximately 1.5 million television sets serve over 80 million Nigerians, and this imbalance should be corrected before Nigerian television can be considered a mass medium. Nigeria's present administration maintains that its control of the country's television is necessary; critics feel, however, that federal control restrains television from developing its potential, especially in promoting national unity.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc663341
Date08 1900
CreatorsInwang, Mbuk J. (Mbuk Joseph)
ContributorsGlick, Edwin L., Hurt, H. Thomas
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatv, 89 leaves: map, Text
CoverageNigeria
RightsPublic, Inwang, Mbuk J. (Mbuk Joseph), Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights

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