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VOL. 8, ISSUE 2 (2023)
Newspaper coverage of economic crimes in Nigeria: Content analysis of daily sun, Vanguard, the nation and the guardian
Authors
Okpoko Chinwe, Onoh Chinaza Sylvia
Abstract
Nigeria’s socio-political and economic
landscape has been blighted by the endemic evil of economic crimes since
independence. Economic crimes are the bane of Nigerian development efforts. All
these crimes harm Nigerian economy in no small measure. This paper focused on
the newspaper coverage of economic crimes in Nigeria. The newspapers content
analysed were Daily Sun, Vanguard, and The Guardian
newspapers. The period understudy were two years 2021 and 2022. The research
method used was content analysis while the study was situated under the agenda
setting theory and social responsibility theory. The findings of the research
shows that the volume of the coverage is low. The study reveals that low
significance was given to the coverage of the economic crimes as most of the
stories by the newspapers appeared on the inside pages coupled with the fact
that most of stories were not illustrated. Economic crimes were mostly covered
using the news format. The direction of coverage was negative and there were no
depth attached to the story. The study recommended that it is necessary to
place the reportage of economic crimes articles on the front burner of Nigerian
newspapers agenda giving the pervasiveness of the problem in the country.
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Pages:146-152
How to cite this article:
Okpoko Chinwe, Onoh Chinaza Sylvia "Newspaper coverage of economic crimes in Nigeria: Content analysis of daily sun, Vanguard, the nation and the guardian". National Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, Vol 8, Issue 2, 2023, Pages 146-152
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