Bartholomew Terfa Dansoho

FRAMING OF THE 2020 #ENDSARS PROTEST IN SELECTED NIGERIAN NEWSPAPERS

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Produktbeschreibung

This study assessed Nigerian newspaper framing of the October, 2020 #EndSARS protest by The Guardian, Daily Trust, Leadership, and Thisday. This study investigated the extent to which the Nigerian newspapers covered the October, 2020 #EndSARS protest, the prominence given to the coverage, and the themes used in framing the protest. Anchored in the framing theory and the agenda setting theory, a total of 1, 956 newspaper editions were analysed for content in this study. Data was collected using a coding sheet and analysed. Findings from the study have demonstrated that the extent of coverage was on average across the newspapers as Daily Trust had 21.5% coverage, Guardian 27.5%, Leadership 22.8%, and Thisday however with the highest represented by 28.2%. It is also shown that that most of the stories on the protest represented by 74.3% were published on theinside pages of the newspapers. Findings have also revealed the most predominant theme in the framing of the protest to be police brutality represented by 45%. The study concluded that newspapers did not give prominence to the framing of the #EndSARS protest.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 56
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 102g
• ISBN-13: 9786207841783
• ISBN-10: 6207841786
• Artikelnr.: 71444909

Autorenporträt

Bartholomew Terfa Dansoho earned a BSc degree with 2.1 in Mass Communication from Benue State University, Makurdi, Nigeria, in 2008. He continued his studies at the same university, obtaining a MSc degree in Mass Communication in 2017. Currently, he is pursuing a PhD in Mass Communication at Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria.