@article{Ugwuanyi_Jonah_Ohaja_2022, title={Local Politics in International Media : Influence of international newspaper endorsements of candidates on political opinion and voting behaviour of women in Nigeria}, volume={4}, url={https://iannajournalofinterdisciplinarystudies.com/index.php/1/article/view/83}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Background:</strong> Women constitute a large percentage of the voting public in Nigeria. Despite this, research on their political opinion and voting behaviour is limited.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Objective:</strong> The aim of this study was to  examine the impact of international media candidates’ endorsement on women in Nigeria.  </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Methodology:</strong> The researchers made use of survey research design and sampled 600 women voters in a developing democracy. The researchers used the questionnaire to collect data for the study and applied both descriptive and inferential statistics to analyse data for the study.</p> <p> </p> <p> <strong>Result:</strong> Findings  showed significant relationship between exposure to international media political endorsement and political opinion of women regarding candidates’ political ideology. Also, a significant relationship was found between decision status of women and influence of international media candidates’ endorsement on voting behaviour.</p> <p><strong>Contribution: </strong>This study has provided empirical evidence regarding the contributing role of international media in local politics.</p> <p><strong>Conclusion: </strong> It is concluded that international media endorsement of candidates during national elections influences local voters.</p> <p><strong>Key recommendation: </strong>Further studies are recommended to be conducted in more advanced democracies like United States of America, for better comparison</p>}, number={1}, journal={ Ianna Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies }, author={Ugwuanyi, Chidi John and Jonah, Aladi Alice and Ohaja, Edith U.}, year={2022}, month={Dec.}, pages={21–34} }