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IntechOpen eBooks, Apr 20, 2022

This chapter wittingly examines the framing of oil pollution news stories among newspapers in Nig... more This chapter wittingly examines the framing of oil pollution news stories among newspapers in Nigeria. Evidence abounds in the literature showing that oil pollution in Nigeria's Niger Delta has generated both local and international outrage and condemnation over many decades. The direct impacts cum problems resulting from oil pollution have led to economic depravations, destruction of farmlands, and livelihood of the people. This chapter explores the problems of oil pollution in the Niger Delta, the roles of newspapers in the coverage of oil pollution in Nigeria, environmental communication in Nigeria, and framing oil pollution in Nigerian newspapers.

Romanian Journal of Communication and Public Relations, 2021

Incidents of oil pollution has become a reoccurring decimal over the last twenty decades in most ... more Incidents of oil pollution has become a reoccurring decimal over the last twenty decades in most countries of the world. The controversy over who is responsible for the massive oil pollution witnessed in some oil-producing countries globally has amplified tensions between significant stakeholders in those countries. The issue of oil pollution in Nigeria and Ghana, for instance, has caused ecosystem degradation, the devastation of means of livelihood of local communities, and the death of aquatic organisms such as fish. Our study investigated the effects of the five news frames identified by Semetko & Valkenburg (2000); responsibility, economic consequences, conflict, human interest, and morality. Through content analysis, our study analyzed 531 newspaper stories on oil pollution in Nigeria’s Niger-Delta region from 2014-2018. The results indicated that overall, the effects of the human interest frame usage were more prevalent in The Daily Sun newspaper than the other two papers, The...

International Journal of Health, Safety and Environment (IJHSE), Mar 31, 2021

Since January 2020, almost all the countries of the world have witnessed the outbreak of a global... more Since January 2020, almost all the countries of the world have witnessed the outbreak of a global health pandemic like never before. This health pandemic, popularly known as COVID-19, has impacted negatively on the health, economic, social, and overall well-being of humanity globally. As a result, this study used content analysis to explore media framing of the COVID-19 pandemic in six Nigerian newspapers, namely, Daily Post, The Daily Sun, The Nation, Premium Times, This Day, and Vanguard. The research findings revealed that the six selected newspapers amplified the pandemic's coverage using the frames of economic issues, public healthcare crisis, health workers' strike, and corruption with different ferocity and salience. It was also found that the dominant news frames of economic issues, corruption, and public healthcare crisis received negative tone coverage across all the sampled papers at varying degrees. In contrast, the tones mostly used in framing the pandemic in the selected newspapers were positive, negative, and neutral tones. Thus, the study concluded that the media in Nigeria and elsewhere play a significant role in framing public health issues such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The author suggests that further studies should be focused on how media health-related messages in a pandemic influence the public's health behavior and impact the practices of small and medium business owners.

International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development, 2022

Cases of oil pollution have become a consistent decimal over the last twenty decades in most coun... more Cases of oil pollution have become a consistent decimal over the last twenty decades in most countries. The disagreement over who is liable for the massive oil pollution seen in some oil-producing countries worldwide has magnified tensions between significant stakeholders in those countries. This paper examines the rise in oil pollution in the Niger-Delta region of Nigeria and its framing by the print media through a quantitative content analysis method using news framing types developed by Semetko and Valkenburg (2000) among three Nigerian newspapers; The Daily Sun, The Guardian, and The Punch from 2014-2018. Specifically, the study findings show that The Daily Sun used more of the frames of responsibility (57.7%), economic consequences (63.3%), conflict (50.2%), and human interest (55.6%) in their oil pollution reports in the Niger-Delta. In contrast, The Guardian and The Punch used less of these frames, probably due to their laissez-faire attitude towards holding the oil companie...

Environmental Research Communications, 2021

Oil pollution incidents have become a reoccurring decimal in most countries during the last twent... more Oil pollution incidents have become a reoccurring decimal in most countries during the last twenty decades. The controversy about who is responsible for the massive oil pollution experienced globally in certain oil-producing countries has amplified tensions between significant stakeholders in those countries. For example, oil pollution in Nigeria and Ghana has triggered ecosystem degradation, the devastation of local communities’ means of livelihood, and the death of aquatic organisms such as fish. This paper discusses the escalation in oil pollution and the print media’s coverage through a content analysis method. Our report evaluates news approaches developed by Semetko and Valkenburg (2000a, 2000b) and differences and similarities in the distribution of news frames among three Nigerian newspapers; The Daily Sun, The Guardian, and The Punch from 2014–2018. Our findings show that The Daily Sun used more of the frames of responsibility, economic consequences, and human interest in their oil pollution reports in the Niger-Delta region. This is probably because journalists at The Daily Sun often chose to be objective and on the people’s side by reporting the whole truth irrespective of the consequences to their job and news organization. This was in harmony with the quantitative content analysis results, where 57.7%, 63.3%, and 55.6% of oil pollution coverage were framed as responsibility, economic consequences, and human interest. In contrast, The Guardian and The Punch newspapers used less of these frames, perhaps due to the two papers’ laissez-faire attitude towards holding the oil companies accountable despite glaring evidence of the negative consequences of oil pollution on the livelihood of oil-bearing communities and the environment. However, our result also indicates that the morality frame was the least used among the three selected newspapers, as journalists find it challenging to give moral messages while maintaining journalistic neutrality.

Interdisciplinary Environmental Review, 2021

International Journal of Social Science and Humanity, 2015

The concept of surveillance has received immense attention especially since September 11, 2001 te... more The concept of surveillance has received immense attention especially since September 11, 2001 terrorist attack in the USA. Surveillance could be defined as watching over something, secretly monitoring the lives and movements of others with a view to either stopping a crime from taken place or for the purpose of national security. New models of technologies have changed not only the practices of surveillance but also its very nature and as a result have extremely diminished individuals' privacy rights. For instance, surveillance as it occurs in social media has been increased in these environments because everybody is watching everybody. This paper will look at the various forms of surveillance such as e-mailing, telephone and movement tracking, and electronic monitoring bracelets for prisoners, etc. The study will finally discuss society and surveillance adaptation, as well as the issue of privacy violations and wrap up with a conclusion.

Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal

Almost all the countries of the world have witnessed the outbreak of a global health pandemic kno... more Almost all the countries of the world have witnessed the outbreak of a global health pandemic known as COVID-19 like never before. This pandemic has negatively impacted the economic, health, social, and overall well-being of humanity. The framing analysis approach allows scholars to explore the media’s roles in developing health, economic, political, social, and cultural issues facing society daily. Besides, framing entails an interplay between leading social values and the efforts to tinker with them. This study explored what aspects of framing approaches the major newspapers have created for their readership in Nigeria in understanding the COVID-19 health pandemic that has rattled the entire world since January 2020. The research findings revealed that the six selected newspapers amplified coverage of the pandemic using the frames of economic issues, public healthcare crisis, health workers strike, and corruption with different ferocity and salience. It was also found that the dom...