Narrative practices of state broadcast media on security and human rights in Kwara and Kogi states

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dc.contributor.authorMustapha, Lambe Kayode
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-03T07:32:00Z
dc.date.available2024-05-03T07:32:00Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractNigeria currently faces existential security challenges across its landscape, ranging from insurgency to banditry, kidnapping and cultism, to name a few. Expectedly, the mass media in general and broadcast media in particular provide people with understanding of the ramifications of the security challenges and attendant human rights consequences by offering narratives that crystallise the circumstances for people within and outside the country. The belief that media storytelling is never value-free calls for exploration of how stories on security threats and human rights are being sources and framed. Using theoretical bases of Agenda-Building and Framing, this study explores the sources of, and perspectives being weaved into broadcast media narratives on cultism, kidnapping, and human rights in Kogi and Kwara states, in north-central Nigeria. Using phenomenological design and in-depth interview, the study gathered data from 17 broadcast media professionals working in news and programmes departments of government and privately-owned radio and television organisations. The key findings revealed divergent sources of news and differing framing across media, journalists’ recognition of and attention to human rights of victims and suspects as well as journalists’ understanding of mechanism to enhance better coverage of security and human rights issues. It is thus recommended that holistic approaches be deployed to incorporate actions of critical stakeholders in addressing the myriad of challenges facing the states in particular and the nation in general. KEY WORDS: Broadcast media narratives, cultism, kidnapping, human rights, agenda-building, framing
dc.description.sponsorshipMac Arthur Foundation
dc.identifier.citationMustapha, L. K. (2021). Narrative practices of state broadcast media on security and human rights in Kwara and Kogi states. In Nigerian Media Narratives on Security and Human Rights in Parts of the North Abubakar Mu’azu, Sharafa Dauda & Yahyah Abubakar (eds.) pp. 202-225. Maiduguri: Centre for Peace, Diplomatic and Development Studies, University of Maiduguri
dc.identifier.isbn978-35474-8-8
dc.identifier.urihttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/123456789/13262
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCentre for Peace, Diplomatic and Development Studies (CPDDS), University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria
dc.titleNarrative practices of state broadcast media on security and human rights in Kwara and Kogi states
dc.title.alternativeNigerian Media Narratives on Security and Human Rights in Parts of the North
dc.typeBook chapter

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