دورية أكاديمية
Nigerian newspaper headlines on Covid-19: a reflection of government and citizens’ perception and attitude
| العنوان: | Nigerian newspaper headlines on Covid-19: a reflection of government and citizens’ perception and attitude |
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| المؤلفون: | Chukwuma Anyanwu, Uwomano Benjamin Okpevra, Aghogho L. Imiti |
| المصدر: | Cogent Arts & Humanities, Vol 9, Iss 1 (2022) |
| بيانات النشر: | Taylor & Francis Group, 2022. |
| سنة النشر: | 2022 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Fine Arts LCC:Arts in general LCC:General Works LCC:History of scholarship and learning. The humanities |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Coronavirus/Covid-19, pandemic, Nigeria, lockdown, newspaper headlines, Fine Arts, Arts in general, NX1-820, General Works, History of scholarship and learning. The humanities, AZ20-999 |
| الوصف: | The paper, through content analysis, examined headlines and front-page news of two prominent Nigerian newspapers—The Guardian and Vanguard. The newspapers were purposively selected to measure their coverage of the coronavirus outbreak in Nigeria and government and citizens’ perception against what obtained elsewhere. The level of awareness created to the spread of the pandemic was the major variable used to measure both government and citizens’ attitude. The study covered 4 months from when the virus was first discovered in the country in February 2020 to the imposition of lockdown and its relaxation in June. The following research questions guided the research. Which of the two newspapers gave more headlines on Covid-19? Which one had more front-page news on the pandemic? Was the prominence given to the virus a reflection of government’s/citizens’ attitude to it? How did the citizens perceive Covid-19 arising from information obtained from the newspapers? The findings show that both papers effectively covered the outbreak. It concluded that the Nigerian government paid lip service in its response to Covid-19, and this reflected in citizens’ indifference to the virus, notwithstanding the media coverage accorded it and contrary to what obtained in other countries. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 23311983 2331-1983 21477094 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/2331-1983 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/23311983.2022.2046361 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/89fddcc6aa2147709431fd43e6b81906 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.89fddcc6aa2147709431fd43e6b81906 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
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Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 23311983 21477094 |
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| DOI: | 10.1080/23311983.2022.2046361 |