Newspaper Coverage of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria
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Newspaper Coverage, COVID-19, Pandemic, VaccineAbstract
The researchers examined media coverage of COVID-19 in Nigeria with a focus on the frequency
of coverage, prominence given to the issue, story format, news sources and media tone. Three
widely read newspapers (Guardian, Vanguard and Punch) published between January 2020 and
February 2021, were content analysed. Results revealed that the newspapers gave much attention
to COVID-19 reportage; however, they did not give much importance to COVID-19 in terms of
story placement and space allotment. Furthermore, much depth was not given to the reports. The
newspapers predominantly used straight news reports without pictures to provide information
about the pandemic. Consequent upon the above, it was recommended among other things that
considering the strategic importance of pictures in telling stories, media organisation should
utilise them more in their reportage of COVID-19 in ways that would facilitate believability of
the situation.
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