Browsing by Author "Abdullah, Shuhairimi"

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    Analysis of Social Media Messages on COVID-19
    (Journal of Human Development and Communication, 2022) Udende, Patrick; Akpede, Kaior Samuel; Adisa, Rasaq Mohammed; Mahamood, Ahmad Fahmi; Abdullah, Shuhairimi; Abdulbaqi, audat S.; Abubakar, Y. Ibrahim; La’aro, Oba Abdulkadir
    There is a rich literature on health communication generally. Most of these literatures dwell on diseases and viruses (see Kampf, Todt, Pfaender & Steinermann, 2020). However, rarely is anything found on the emergent virus COVID-19 otherwise known as Corona virus. This gives impetus to the study which aim is to analyse messages people post on social media about the virus. A purposive sampling of selected messages on ASUU Congress Whatsapp platform of Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Ilorin Chapter was used for the analysis between 1st January and 31st March 2020. Results show that most of the messages were on preventive measures as their hallmark was to create awareness on how to forestall people from being vulnerable to it. The study concludes that outbreak of novel diseases and viruses are bound to emerge, and social media will continue to serve as platforms for people to share messages about emerging diseases and viruses. Among other things, the study recommends sustained use of the social media by people to share not only preventive but also corrective measures about viruses as they emerge.
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    ANALYSIS OF THE NATION AND DAILY TRUST NEWSPAPERS COVERAGE OF POLITICAL DEFECTIONS IN NIGERIA
    (Journal of Global Business and Social Entrepreneurship (GBSE), 2017) Udende, Patrick; Adisa, Rasaq; Mahamood, , Ahmad Fahmi; Abubakar, I.Y.; Adegoke, R. O; Abdullah, Shuhairimi; Ahmad, Norizah; Bajuri, Maskor; Hussin, Noorsalwani
    We carried out a study on selected newspapers coverage of political defections in Nigeria in 2014. The purpose of the study was to analyze how selected Nigerian newspapers frame stories on political defections. Using framing theory, we purposively selected two newspapers; Daily Trust and The Nation. We adopted qualitative content analysis as a method for the study. We descriptively analyzed stories in terms of the pattern of frames and tone (positive, negative or neutral). Findings show writers’ use of different frames in their stories and this vary and the pattern of frames show elements of bias based on political affiliation. The study concluded that there is apparent bias in most of the defection stories reported in The Nation while those carried in Daily Trust are neutral. On the strength of findings, the study recommended among other things that writers should avoid obvious framing of stories which reflect bias on the basis of their political inclinations for the sake of an informed citizenry.