Browsing by Author "Fatima Abubakre"

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    Nigerian Press Coverage of Anti-Muslim Sentiments Towards a 'Muslim-Muslim' Ticket in the 2023 Presidential Elections
    (A publication of the Department of Mass Communication, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria, 2022-12) Fatima Abubakre
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    Values in Protest News in the 2020 Anti-SARS Uprising in Nigeria
    (Department of Mass Communication, Faculty of Social Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, 2022-09) Fatima Abubakre
    Abstract Establishing patterns of newsworthiness in protest news contributes to the formation of social cognition responsible for the reproduction of protest as organised resistance or solidarity. This study explores how newsworthiness is constructed in the coverage of the 2020 #EndSARS protests in Nigeria. Based on a qualitative content analysis of 291 articles from two mainstream dailies, the Daily Trust and the Punch, this study shows that the Press tends to favour elites in news reports about the protests. In order to be strategically effective, it is essential for a protest movement to analyse the circumstances under which it is operating and show an understanding of its democratic character to achieve its objectives. This study provides crucial insights into why news values are essential in explaining critical social phenomena, especially in non-western societies like Nigeria. Keywords: News values, journalists, #EndSARS, protests, Nigeria