Home Video Films and Grassroots’ Relevance in Nigerian Political Process

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ID11724702
AuthorsSunday Olayinka Alawode (0000-0002-8918-2968, Lagos State University, corresponding author), Uduakobong Sunday (Lagos State University)
Year2014
Volume19
Issue1
Pages01-08
Publication date2014-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueIOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2279-0837 • E-ISSN: 2279-0845
PublisherIOSR Journals (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.9790/0837-191100108
OpenAlexW2315764197
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited1

The Nigerian home video films have been used to address a myriad of existing and emergent problems because of its distinctiveness and popularity;as a popular art in Nigeria, this study was undertaken to investigate the consideration of the grassroots in the Nigerian political process from the eye of the home videos. The theoretical framework employed was agenda setting with content analysis as the method of research. The results reveal that the grassroots are not given credence as a key factor in the films except as means to justify the ends of the political class and players in the political process. The roles of the grassroots in the political arena are mostly depicted significantly as thugs, assassins, villains, prostitutes and others who are involved in different kinds of undesirable practices and vicious acts. Such portrayals could be contributory to politics often being described as 'a dirty game' with the grassroots increasingly having apathy to political processes and creating the divide of 'them' and 'us'; where 'them'is the political class and 'us' being the grassroots

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