ABSTRACT

Mediatization has often been viewed as a western phenomenon with scholars focusing largely on the relationship between the media and politics, especially in the United States and Europe where the concept originated. However, globalization and its attendant impacts have allowed for the intercourse of ideas and disciplines across borders. The concept of mediatization is not an exception in this regard. The rise of television news, increased media influence, and dependence on media logic have arguably become a global trend. Mediatization is a perspective that can be used to understand the roles of the media in society and politics, especially electoral campaigns and their dynamics across the world. This paper attempts a review of mediatization and politics in Nigeria. It examines the nature of political news journalism in the country; the character and structure of media ownership; the influence that the media wields on the Nigerian society among other key features that reflect meditatization of politics in the country. The paper argues that indeed, the Nigerian media reveals different dimensions of the mediatization of politics.

摘要

媒体化通常被视为一种西方现象，学者们主要关注媒体与政治之间的关系，特别是在这一概念起源的美国和欧洲。然而，全球化及其随之而来的影响使得思想和学科的跨境交流成为可能。媒体化的概念在这方面也不例外。电视新闻的兴起、媒体影响力的增强以及对媒体逻辑的依赖可以说已经成为一种全球趋势。媒体化是一种可以用来理解媒体在社会和政治中的作用的视角，特别是竞选活动及其在世界各地的动态。本文试图回顾尼日利亚的媒体化和政治。它考察了该国政治新闻报道的性质；媒体所有权的特征和结构；媒体对尼日利亚社会的影响以及反映该国政治沉思化的其他关键特征。该论文认为，尼日利亚媒体确实揭示了政治媒体化的不同维度。