Examining Selected Newspapers? Framing of the Renewed Biafran Agitation in Nigeria (2016 ? 2017)

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Autor(a) principal: Ezu, Victor Chinedu
Data de Publicação: 2019
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/Eze, V. 2019. Examinando os Enquadramentos Noticiosos de Jornais Selecionados da Renovada Agita??o Biafrense na Nig?ria (2016-2017). Intera??es: Sociedade e as novas modernidades. 37 (Dez. 2019), 11-33. DOI:https://doi.org/10.31211/interacoes.n37.2019.a1.
https://doi.org/10.31211/interacoes.n37.2019.a1
Resumo: The renewed Biafran agitation headed by In-digenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has been in the news since 2016. This is surprising when one considers that the Nigerian-Biafran war was fought over 50 years ago with no vic-tor and no vanquished stance. This research examines how selected newspapers framed the Biafran agitation from January, 2016 to December, 2017 ? a period which recorded a spike in the activities of Biafran agitators who called for a referendum to carve out the Republic of Biafra. Framing theory is em-ployed as the theoretical frame work for this research. Four hundred and twenty-one (421) issues of selected newspapers were sampled through purposive and critical case sampling techniques. The data were analysed through qualitative and quantitate content analysis. Findings of this research showed that selected newspapers framed the agitation from politi-cal, economic, separatist, human rights, con-flict and hate speech frames. Findings also show that media correspondents were the pri-mary frame source for stories on the renewed Biafran agitation. The print media perceived the agitation mainly from human rights crisis where the agitators are deprived of the free-dom to protest and are dehumanised by the Nigerian security operatives; and questioned the government over human rights abuses.
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spelling Examining Selected Newspapers? Framing of the Renewed Biafran Agitation in Nigeria (2016 ? 2017)Examinando os Enquadramentos Noticiosos de Jornais Selecionados da Renovada Agita??o Biafrense na Nig?ria (2016-2017)Biafra, framing, Nigeria, agitation, session, mediaThe renewed Biafran agitation headed by In-digenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has been in the news since 2016. This is surprising when one considers that the Nigerian-Biafran war was fought over 50 years ago with no vic-tor and no vanquished stance. This research examines how selected newspapers framed the Biafran agitation from January, 2016 to December, 2017 ? a period which recorded a spike in the activities of Biafran agitators who called for a referendum to carve out the Republic of Biafra. Framing theory is em-ployed as the theoretical frame work for this research. Four hundred and twenty-one (421) issues of selected newspapers were sampled through purposive and critical case sampling techniques. The data were analysed through qualitative and quantitate content analysis. Findings of this research showed that selected newspapers framed the agitation from politi-cal, economic, separatist, human rights, con-flict and hate speech frames. Findings also show that media correspondents were the pri-mary frame source for stories on the renewed Biafran agitation. The print media perceived the agitation mainly from human rights crisis where the agitators are deprived of the free-dom to protest and are dehumanised by the Nigerian security operatives; and questioned the government over human rights abuses.ISMT2020-06-30T08:31:10Z2020-06-302019-12-30T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/Eze, V. 2019. Examinando os Enquadramentos Noticiosos de Jornais Selecionados da Renovada Agita??o Biafrense na Nig?ria (2016-2017). Intera??es: Sociedade e as novas modernidades. 37 (Dez. 2019), 11-33. DOI:https://doi.org/10.31211/interacoes.n37.2019.a1.https://doi.org/10.31211/interacoes.n37.2019.a1https://doi.org/Eze, V. 2019. Examinando os Enquadramentos Noticiosos de Jornais Selecionados da Renovada Agita??o Biafrense na Nig?ria (2016-2017). Intera??es: Sociedade e as novas modernidades. 37 (Dez. 2019), 11-33. DOI:https://doi.org/10.31211/interacoes.n37.2019.a1.https://doi.org/10.31211/interacoes.n37.2019.a1eng2184-2929http://repositorio.ismt.pt/jspui/handle/123456789/1169Ezu, Victor Chineduinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-12-15T14:58:38Zoai:repositorio.ismt.pt:123456789/1169Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T00:54:12.412325Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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Examinando os Enquadramentos Noticiosos de Jornais Selecionados da Renovada Agita??o Biafrense na Nig?ria (2016-2017)
title Examining Selected Newspapers? Framing of the Renewed Biafran Agitation in Nigeria (2016 ? 2017)
spellingShingle Examining Selected Newspapers? Framing of the Renewed Biafran Agitation in Nigeria (2016 ? 2017)
Ezu, Victor Chinedu
Biafra, framing, Nigeria, agitation, session, media
title_short Examining Selected Newspapers? Framing of the Renewed Biafran Agitation in Nigeria (2016 ? 2017)
title_full Examining Selected Newspapers? Framing of the Renewed Biafran Agitation in Nigeria (2016 ? 2017)
title_fullStr Examining Selected Newspapers? Framing of the Renewed Biafran Agitation in Nigeria (2016 ? 2017)
title_full_unstemmed Examining Selected Newspapers? Framing of the Renewed Biafran Agitation in Nigeria (2016 ? 2017)
title_sort Examining Selected Newspapers? Framing of the Renewed Biafran Agitation in Nigeria (2016 ? 2017)
author Ezu, Victor Chinedu
author_facet Ezu, Victor Chinedu
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dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Biafra, framing, Nigeria, agitation, session, media
topic Biafra, framing, Nigeria, agitation, session, media
description The renewed Biafran agitation headed by In-digenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has been in the news since 2016. This is surprising when one considers that the Nigerian-Biafran war was fought over 50 years ago with no vic-tor and no vanquished stance. This research examines how selected newspapers framed the Biafran agitation from January, 2016 to December, 2017 ? a period which recorded a spike in the activities of Biafran agitators who called for a referendum to carve out the Republic of Biafra. Framing theory is em-ployed as the theoretical frame work for this research. Four hundred and twenty-one (421) issues of selected newspapers were sampled through purposive and critical case sampling techniques. The data were analysed through qualitative and quantitate content analysis. Findings of this research showed that selected newspapers framed the agitation from politi-cal, economic, separatist, human rights, con-flict and hate speech frames. Findings also show that media correspondents were the pri-mary frame source for stories on the renewed Biafran agitation. The print media perceived the agitation mainly from human rights crisis where the agitators are deprived of the free-dom to protest and are dehumanised by the Nigerian security operatives; and questioned the government over human rights abuses.
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