A mail survey of Nigerian immigrants in Dallas, Texas, and Chicago, Illinois, was conducted during October and November 1995. Four hundred and sixty-eight Nigerian immigrant families in the two cities were selected by systematic sampling through the telephone books. Return rate was approximately 40% (187). The variables included in the study were media exposure variables, general demographics, immigration traits, U.S. demographics, Nigerian demographics, and political and cultural traits. New variables which had not been included in previous studies were also tested in this study: television talk shows, talk radio, diffuse support for the U.S. political system, authoritarianism, self-esteem, and political participation. This study employed multiple regression analysis and path analysis of the data. This study found that Nigerian immigrants have high preference for television news as their main source of political information. This finding is in consonance with previous studies. Nigerian immigrants chose ABC news stations as their number one news station for political information. Strong positive associations existed between media exposure and length of stay in the United States and interest in U.S. politics. Talk radio positively associated with interest in U.S. politics and negatively associated with length of stay in the United States. Thus, this finding likely means …

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Request for tickets that cannot be filled adds to the woes of Paul Butler ( center ) Democratic National Committee ChAirman."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Sears, Roebuck & Co., which started out with a package of watches, has ticked off 75 years of gigantic growth - without benefit of such big sellers as automobiles and groceries."

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Democratic National Convention and a county Republican convention in Dallas, Texas.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a delegation being sent to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in order to support Senator Lyndon Johnson.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Catcher Jim Hegan sits in the Cleveland dugout at Chicago, Aug. 8, just before the Cleveland-Chicago Double-Header."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Pete Cooper, right of White Plains, N. Y. shows Lew Worsham, of Oakmont, Pa., how close he came to sinking a putt on the 18th green which would have given him the low score in the "World" golf tournament at the Tam-O-Shanter, club near Chicago."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "The Chicago board of trade recently reported its heaviest day of trading since November 20, 1931 .This view of the floor was taking during the heavy trading that has marked all commodity and stock markets of late."

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story giving the daily sports highlights.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a Chicago resident suing American Airlines in order to block the airline from completion ofan anti-jacking program.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a meeting of The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations in Chicago, Illinois.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story going over the daily sports highlights.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew campaigning.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Cowboys training camp in California, the Rangers vs. Twins game, Mark Spitz new swimming record, the PGA golf championship, Elvin Hayes' new million dollar contract, and the the Texas High School all star game.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Gov. Frank Clement of Tennessee gesticulated vigorously and often as he addressed the Democratic national convention tonight."