USE OF PRINT MEDIA IN PROPAGATING NOT TOO YOUNG TO RUN BILL IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF SELECTED NEWSPAPERS

Abstract

Newspaper is the mirror of the society, it plays a significant role in reporting issues of human interest in the society. It is anticipated that, journalists should live up to their responsibility of being socially responsible as demanded in the social responsibility theory of the press and they should set a pace for others to follow. The article attempted to examine use of print media in propagating Not Too Young to Run Bill in Nigeria. The research method employed in the study is content analysis, while the code sheet was the instrument used in gathering data. The population of the study was 300 editions of selected newspapers, 20, editions for each. It was arrived via a randomly sampling technique. The study reveals that Nigerian newspapers only reports straight to the public as issues arises, and not giving in-depth reports about important issues in the society like Not Too Young to Run Bill in Nigeria which is area in focus since the sampled newspapers had few issues on features, opinions articles, editorial and pictures. The study concludes that there were iota coverage in the three selected newspapers on Not Too Young to Run Bill campaign in Nigeria. The data indicated that newspaper does not give more priority on the issue under review. The study recommended that Not Too Young to Run Bill is a bill that agitates for inclusion of youth in Nigeria political trigonometry, so if the campaign is properly covered by the newspaper, it will be actualized and the society will take a new turn which the media stand to gain out of this agitation.