Date of Award
5-7-2012
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Mass Communications, MSMC
First Advisor
Lily Zeng
Committee Members
Mary Pitts; Polin Pan
Call Number
LD251 .A566t 2012 A32
Abstract
This study analyzed the 2010/2011 Jos crisis over a four month period; December 2010 to March 2011. It focused on the online coverage of the crisis by Punch, Guardian and Thisday newspapers considering various aspects of news framing. Three hundred news reports were randomly selected over the event's life span. The analysis of the findings revealed significant differences among the three newspapers. However, while the newspapers dominantly portrayed the government, they sparsely covered individuals, victims and perpetrators in their reports. The newspapers depended heavily on their own staff writers and dominantly adopted textual reporting as against the use of visuals. In addition, the newspapers adopted the community and present frames and most articles were on the reactions on the crisis. Furthermore the newspapers were consistent in highlighting the causes of the crisis.
Rights Management
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Agwaziam, Ngozi, "An Analysis of the Online Versions of Three Leading Newspapers in Nigeria on the Job Crisis: A Framing Theory Perspective" (2012). Student Theses and Dissertations. 860.
https://arch.astate.edu/all-etd/860
