Abstract

Media is an important aspect of society, which play active role in mobilizing people to participate in an event, particularly when such event are important and at the pinnacle of regional discussion among citizen, which will motivate them to partake in the sociocultural and political activities. However, it is also an avenue which information’s about historical events are known or circulated. Lots of challenges have emerged, and may still from the way news are covered, particularly in crisis or war affected areas. This study will be structured around four main critical questions like, are media system able to report real seen during crisis events? Are those news diluted or framed? What role did media partake during 2010 and 2015 election in both countries? And finally what aspect of media mostly used during those elections? Furthermore, I will also argue on archives of media involvement in historical events in the region. Finally, mechanism, such as global, regional enactment and pressure group, how where they able to contribute to political structure of both countries.

Keywords 

Media (news and social), Election, Nigeria, Ivory Coast.