Everything’s negative about Nigeria: A study of US media reporting on Nigeria

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Beteiligte: Adegbola, Oluseyi, Skarda-Mitchell, Jacqueline, Gearhart, Sherice
In: Global Media and Communication, 14, 2018, 1, S. 47-63
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SAGE Publications
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Umfang: 47-63
ISSN: 1742-7665
1742-7673
DOI: 10.1177/1742766518760086
veröffentlicht in: Global Media and Communication
Sprache: Englisch
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Kollektion: SAGE Publications (CrossRef)
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<jats:p> Previous research on international communication cites under-reporting and negative coverage as major problems of Western media reporting of the African continent. These problems are present specifically in US television coverage of African countries. Utilising agenda-setting and media framing theory, this study content analyses US television media coverage of Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy and most populous nation, in two 5-year time periods, 2005–2009 and 2010–2014. Reports broadcast by the big three networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) were coded for issues, sources, valence, and frames ( N = 643). Results corroborate existing research regarding the predominance of episodic frames and negative coverage across time periods. New findings concerning coverage of Nigeria by Western media organisations are discussed. </jats:p>