Newspaper Framing of Nigeria’s Seventh National Assembly
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2017
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Department of Mass Communication, Federal University, Oye- Ekiti
Abstract
The study investigates public’s assessment of newspaper framing of Nigeria’s Seventh National Assembly. The aim was to identify the dominant frames newspapers used as well as explain public perception on the way selected newspapers cover the National Assembly. Anchored on framing theory, the study adopts mixed researched; content analysis and survey. It purposively selects five dailies in 2012 and 200 senior civil servants from two state capitals namely Port-Harcourt and Yola, Nigeria. Using the 12th interval, it systemically selected three frames- morality, conflict/human interest and economics consequence. Data revealed that conflict/human interest frame were dominant among the frames. Result also showed among others things that newspaper reports were not well contextualised and publics had less interest in newspaper reports on the National Assembly. The study concluded that newspaper reports suffered integrity deficit. It recommended quality assurance in newspaper reports to restore the eroded public confidence and interest publics have on reports.
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Newspaper Framing
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News Framing, Newspaper, Public, Perception, National Assembly
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3. Udende, P. & Abubakar, I.Y. (2017): Newspaper Framing of Nigeria’s Seventh National Assembly, Fuoye Journal of Communication. 1 (1); 109 – 121, published by Department of Mass Communication, Federal University, Oye- Ekiti