Benson Oke, Alex Nwokamma

Clamour for Political Restructuring in Nigeria

An Analysis of Newspapers' Coverage

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Produktbeschreibung

The clamour for restructuring Nigeria has been a recurring decimal in the Nigerian body polity. The agitation has been dominating the public domain for some years and this issue has been publicised through the use of digital, electronic, and print media. This study therefore examines the extent to which two Nigerian dailies cover and portray the clamour for restructuring Nigeria. The research design used for the study was content analysis. The data for the content analysis were derived from a sample of 121 issues of the two purposively selected Nigerian Daily newspapers namely: the Nation and Punch, from a population of 848 issues covering the period between January 2016 and February 2017. The results of the study showed that there was a significant coverage of the clamour for restructuring by the two newspapers. The portrayal of the issue was generally positive. The conclusion is that captioning or displaying restructuring stories on front pages, and editorial columns, contributed to public participation via opinion articles and ultimately aided the clamour for restructuring Nigeria. It is recommended that the media should give the same attention to other issues facing Nigeria.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 52
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 96g
• ISBN-13: 9786202680875
• ISBN-10: 6202680873
• Artikelnr.: 62399758

Autorenporträt

Benson Reuben Oke, JP, tiene un doctorado en estudios de comunicación de la Universidad de Port Harcourt, Nigeria. El Dr. Benson Oke es miembro de la sección nigeriana del Consejo Africano para la Educación en materia de Comunicación (ACCE).Alex Ovunda Nwokamma, JP, obtuvo su doctorado en la Universidad de Port Harcourt. El Dr. Alex Nwokamma trabaja con el Gobierno del Estado de Rivers.