Values in Protest News in the 2020 Anti-SARS Uprising in Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorFatima Abubakre
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-30T17:40:27Z
dc.date.available2025-04-30T17:40:27Z
dc.date.issued2022-09
dc.description.abstractAbstract 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
dc.identifier.citationNews values, journalists, #EndSARS, protests, Nigeria
dc.identifier.issn2408-5820
dc.identifier.urihttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/123456789/15781
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherDepartment of Mass Communication, Faculty of Social Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVOL. 7 NO. 2; 4-15
dc.titleValues in Protest News in the 2020 Anti-SARS Uprising in Nigeria
dc.title.alternativeZaria Journal of Communication (ZAJCOM)
dc.typeArticle

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