THE ROLE OF NIGERIA FILM INDUSTRY IN THE POLITICAL MOBILIZATION IN NIGERIA (A STUDY OF NOLLYWOOD)

ABSTRACT No matter how plural a society may be, the film industry should be the engineering force and vehicle for conveying political messages to the people in the democratization process in which man is the pivot, it is with this background that the objectives of this study re-channeled towards Nollywood for their participation in politics. The work examined factors such as medium, interpersonal communication, exposure objectivity and sycophancy to clear. Curtly determine the effective impact of the film industry’s political views in mobilizing people in Nigeria metropolis. Useful theories and the literature that constitute the basic framework of the study were examined.  An empirical survey was carried out in four selected zones in Nigeria metropolis. Data collected were analyzed in order to determine the effects of these factors on the efficacy of the film industry political messages in mobilizing the people folk. Empirical evidence from findings revealed that the film industry political information has been the engineering mechanism in mobilizing people in Nigeria metropolis, it wakes up their political opinion and attitude, it leads them to political opinion formation and although they did not see the news being non-objective but they indicated that the government and its agencies distort the news.

TABLE OF CONTENTS Title page          Approval page       Dedication         Acknowledgement       Abstract         Table of contents       
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study      1.2 Statement of the research problem    1.3 Objectives of the study      1.4 Significance of the study      1.5 Research questions       1.6 Research hypothesis      1.7 Conceptual and operational definitions   1.8 Assumptions       1.9 Limitations of the study      Reference        
CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE  3.1 Research          3.2 Research design         3.3 Research sample       3.4 Measuring instrument      3.5 Data analysis       3.6 Expected results        
CHAPTER FOUR 4.1 Data analysis       4.2 Results        4.3 Result of the hypothesis tested     4.4 Discussions       
CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER STUDY 5.1 Summary        5.2 Recommendation for further study    Bibliography        Questionnaire