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Television Webcast Framing of the Nigerian Government’s Response to Boko Haram Insurgency in North-East Nigeria.

Authors: ERNEST-ONUIRI PATRICIA , & OJOMO Olusegun

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: Journal Of Business Economics, And Management Studies

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Abstract

The manner in which international news media discuss contemporary issues on conflict such as
the insurgency by ‘Jama’ Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awatiwal-Jihad’ (Boko Haram) in North-East
Nigeria has been of concern in media studies. The media is often critical especially of
government; with emphasis on their inadequacies, relegating other aspects of their actions. This
study sought to comparatively evaluate the framing of government’s response to Boko Haram
insurgency over three years (2012-2014) on the YouTube webcast channels of: Aljazeera, Cable
Network News (CNN), and Channels Television. Adopting the content analysis research design,
157 videos were purposively sampled and analyzed using a validated coding sheet and manual
subject Cohen Kappa’s inter-coder reliability test which revealed an almost perfect agreement
(Kappa= Coder 1, 2 & 3: 0.9997, 0.997, and 0.818). Data collected were analyzed using
descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings revealed that all three international televisions gave
prominence to government’s response to Boko Haram insurgency through its Security Agency
Operations at 46% on Aljazeera, 36.5% on Channels, and 48.4% on CNN, while the analysis of
the yearly trend in their framing presented a significant difference. Aljazeera and CNN adopted a
more critical approach in their discourse, while Channels was mostly Distance. The study
concluded that television webcast framing of government’s response to Boko Haram insurgency
in 2012 - 2014 was of significant difference. It was recommended that foreign international
television stations should be more objective and balanced in their framing of government’s
response to Boko Haram insurgency.

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ERNEST-ONUIRI,P. OJOMO,O. . (2015). Television Webcast Framing of the Nigerian Government’s Response to Boko Haram Insurgency in North-East Nigeria., 4 (), 1-1.

ERNEST-ONUIRI,P. OJOMO,O. . "Television Webcast Framing of the Nigerian Government’s Response to Boko Haram Insurgency in North-East Nigeria." 4, no (), (2015): 1-1.

ERNEST-ONUIRI,P. and OJOMO,O. and . (2015). Television Webcast Framing of the Nigerian Government’s Response to Boko Haram Insurgency in North-East Nigeria., 4 (), pp1-1.

ERNEST-ONUIRIP, OJOMOO, . Television Webcast Framing of the Nigerian Government’s Response to Boko Haram Insurgency in North-East Nigeria.. 2015, 4 ():1-1.

ERNEST-ONUIRI,PATRICIA , and OJOMO,Olusegun . "Television Webcast Framing of the Nigerian Government’s Response to Boko Haram Insurgency in North-East Nigeria.", 4 . (2015) : 1-1.

E.PATRICIA & O.Olusegun , "Television Webcast Framing of the Nigerian Government’s Response to Boko Haram Insurgency in North-East Nigeria." vol.4, no., pp. 1-1, 2015.

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