Badmus, Rasheed IdowuOkaiyeto Simon AyodeleMustapha, Lambe Kayode2024-05-032024-05-032019Badmus, I. R., Mustapha, L. K. & Okayieto, S. A. (2019). Media, public opinion and democracy: A critique of the current affairs. In Mass Media in Nigeria: Research, Theories and Practice Akeem Mojisola Adeyanju, Ibrahim Jimoh & Mohammed Hashim (eds.) 271-294. Kuru, Jos: Published by National Institute of Policy & Strategic Studies Press.978-978-198-153-1https://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/123456789/13504The chapter elucidates the intricate association between media and public opinion as essential ingredients of deliberative democracy with emphasis on the roles of government, media business orientation on democratic problematics. It also speaks to how the new media ecology is mushrooming new hope in the nexus between media and expressive philosophy that ground democratic system.enBook chapter