The new media and democratic consolidation in nigeria: A critical analysis
International Journal of Development Research
The new media and democratic consolidation in nigeria: A critical analysis
Received 21st March, 2018; Received in revised form 17th April, 2018; Accepted 20th May, 2018; Published online 28th June, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Egbo Steve and Chibuike Emmanuel Madubuegwu. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The Arab spring that swept across Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen and Bahrain to Syria is arguably facilitated by the New Media technologies in deference to popular sovereignty against tyranny and authoritarian regimes. Similarly, the emerging trend of reliance on globalized channels of communication in developing and democratizing economies accentuated the thrust of this paper. In other words, this paper examined the criticality of the New Media in consolidating Nigeria’s democracy. The discourse also illuminated the essence of the theory of political cybernetics to further establish the relevance of the Media in the democratization of the political system. It is therefore opined that New Media is critical for the sustenance of Nigeria’s fledgling democracy.
