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TERRORISM IN NIGERIA: AN ANALYSIS OF NORTH/SOUTH MEDIA COVERAGE OF BOKO HARAM (NOVEMBER 2011 TO MARCH 2012)

Authors: Professor Alao, & AJAEGBU Oguchi

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: International Review Of Business And Social Sciences

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This paper seeks to analyze the role the Nigerian media has played in the coverage of Boko Haram, an Islamic terrorist group that has since been a threat to national security. The period of coverage November 2011 to March 2012, has been remarkably known as a period that recorded the highest causalities in terms of life and property. The study became essential because of the atmosphere in which the Nigerian media found itself as a watchdog caught in the midst of political and religious divide. Six newspapers were picked for the study: The New Nigeria, Leadership and Daily Trust representing the Northern based newspapers and The Guardian, Punch and Vanguard representing newspapers from the South. The study employed frequency distribution to determine the frequency in the coverage of Boko Haram. It also analyzed two major terrorist activities of Boko Haram using placement of stories, space allocated and number of illustration pictures as indices for measuring the amount of importance attached to coverage. The findings show that although all the newspapers adequately covered Boko Haram, there is a clear distinction in the analysis of coverage that clearly mark out the feeling of screaming and over publicizing of Boko Haram by the use of overblown headlines and erroneous linkage of Boko Haram terrorist activities to Islam by the Southern based newspapers. On the basis of the findings, the researchers recommended that there is a need to close ranks between the Northern based media and those of their southern counterparts if the ‘watchdog’ constitutionally assigned role of the media will be of any relevance in Nigeria.

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Professor,D.A AJAEGBU,O. . (2012). TERRORISM IN NIGERIA: AN ANALYSIS OF NORTH/SOUTH MEDIA COVERAGE OF BOKO HARAM (NOVEMBER 2011 TO MARCH 2012), 1 (), 49-49.

Professor,D.A AJAEGBU,O. . "TERRORISM IN NIGERIA: AN ANALYSIS OF NORTH/SOUTH MEDIA COVERAGE OF BOKO HARAM (NOVEMBER 2011 TO MARCH 2012)" 1, no (), (2012): 49-49.

Professor,D.A and AJAEGBU,O. and . (2012). TERRORISM IN NIGERIA: AN ANALYSIS OF NORTH/SOUTH MEDIA COVERAGE OF BOKO HARAM (NOVEMBER 2011 TO MARCH 2012), 1 (), pp49-49.

ProfessorDA, AJAEGBUO, . TERRORISM IN NIGERIA: AN ANALYSIS OF NORTH/SOUTH MEDIA COVERAGE OF BOKO HARAM (NOVEMBER 2011 TO MARCH 2012). 2012, 1 ():49-49.

Professor,Dayo Alao, and AJAEGBU,Oguchi . "TERRORISM IN NIGERIA: AN ANALYSIS OF NORTH/SOUTH MEDIA COVERAGE OF BOKO HARAM (NOVEMBER 2011 TO MARCH 2012)", 1 . (2012) : 49-49.

P.Dayo Alao & A.Oguchi , "TERRORISM IN NIGERIA: AN ANALYSIS OF NORTH/SOUTH MEDIA COVERAGE OF BOKO HARAM (NOVEMBER 2011 TO MARCH 2012)" vol.1, no., pp. 49-49, 2012.

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