The Impact of Tv Contents in Fostering Peace Among Religion Practitioners in Nigeria (a Case Study of Nigeria Television Authority)

                                                    Introduction1.1 Background to the studyAccording to Ciboh (2007), the history of the print media is interwoven with the history of the Christian religion. Even though this deposition is incontestable, a critical examination will however reveal that the history and the course of Nigerian Media actually rested on a three-pillar edifice viz. religion; public service; and the struggle for national emancipation and independence. Religion was however the central pillar and plank used by the colonists to take over governance of the various units that make up what is known as Nigeria today. And it was the Christian religion that opened the gates to mass media in the country. According to Ciboh (2007), Henry Townsend, a British missionary, founded “Iwe Irohin Yoruba” a Christian weekly bulletin designed to inform enlighten and educate returnees of the slave trade era from Europe and America who came back to Nigeria via Sierra Leone to settle in Egbaland and the indigenous converts into Christian religion. Though the publication did not last long on the news stand, it none-the-less is the pioneer of the industry. Vajpeyi (2012) identifies six dimensions of peace, and they include: individual peace through meditation, peace in the family between man and woman, child and parent, peace in society, between various communities; peace in the nation, peace on the planet and peace among nations. Peace has individual, economic, social and political values. On the individual level, peace is a combination of positive feelings of