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PLOUGHSHARES INTO SWORDS: NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS FRAMING OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN HERDSMEN AND FARMERS IN NIGERIA

Authors: AJILORE Kolade

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: International Journal Of Media, Security & Deleopment

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The intermittent outbreak of hostilities between herdsmen and farmers in Nigeria has naturally drawn some respectable media coverage. The high profile media interest is justified not only by the potential risk the tension posed to food security in the nation/ but also its attendant toll on human lives and property. Media accounts of events usually reflect at least, a tinge of the blinkers and frames of the tale bearers. In spite of a surfeit of empirical evidence detailing media coverage of conflictual situations around the world, limited literature clarifies media framing of the occasional but intractable duel between these two key members of the Nigerian agriculture community. Against the backdrop of the ethno-religious undercurrent in every crisis Nigeria has had, content analyses of three major newspapers in Nigeria were conducted to determine how news managers frame the farmers/herders brawl. Research evidence showed that while the research subjects used different sections of their media space to differently highlight the conflicts, the difference was not significant by prominence, geography or in frames.

Keywords: Conflict framing, Herdsmen/Farmers conflict, Conflict reporting, War and crises reporting

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AJILORE,K. . (2017). PLOUGHSHARES INTO SWORDS: NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS FRAMING OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN HERDSMEN AND FARMERS IN NIGERIA, 4 (), 12-12.

AJILORE,K. . "PLOUGHSHARES INTO SWORDS: NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS FRAMING OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN HERDSMEN AND FARMERS IN NIGERIA" 4, no (), (2017): 12-12.

AJILORE,K. and . (2017). PLOUGHSHARES INTO SWORDS: NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS FRAMING OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN HERDSMEN AND FARMERS IN NIGERIA, 4 (), pp12-12.

AJILOREK, . PLOUGHSHARES INTO SWORDS: NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS FRAMING OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN HERDSMEN AND FARMERS IN NIGERIA. 2017, 4 ():12-12.

AJILORE,Kolade , . "PLOUGHSHARES INTO SWORDS: NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS FRAMING OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN HERDSMEN AND FARMERS IN NIGERIA", 4 . (2017) : 12-12.

A.Kolade , "PLOUGHSHARES INTO SWORDS: NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS FRAMING OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN HERDSMEN AND FARMERS IN NIGERIA" vol.4, no., pp. 12-12, 2017.

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