Yoruba Newspaper Review On Redeemer’s 103.5 FM And Political Socialisation Among People Of Ede South Local Government, Nigeria

Abstract

This research looked at how the Yoruba newspaper review programmes on Redeemer’s 103.5 FM influence the political socialisation among the people of Ede South local government, Nigerian. The purpose of this research was to find out how much duellers of Ede south local government were exposed to the Yoruba newspaper review on Redeemer’s 103.5FM as well as the influence of this programme on the people politically. The researchers relied on two theoretical frameworks; namely: social responsibility theory and uses and gratification theory. The data for this study came from a survey taken by 150 respondents in Ede south local government. The method developed by Taro Yamane was used to determine the samples. The findings of this study inform how government and necessary authority need to make use of programme like Yoruba newspaper review on radio to socialised the citizen politically and make them participate in electioneering process in the country.