Communication and Media Codes Journal

A JOURNAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION, UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA

ISSN: 3093-0693

FOREIGN MEDIA REPRESENTATIONS OF IPOB AGITATIONS: A STUDY OF FOUR MEDIA OUTLETS WITHIN 2015 – 2017

Dr Agnes O. Ezeji, Rhema University Nigeria, Aba, Abia State, 08033290256, chionyeagnes@gmail.com

Anthony Chinonso Ogbonna, Vanguard Newspapers, Lagos, 07034433012, anthonyogbonna@vanguard.com

Abstract

Today, news of things happening in Nigeria are no longer local as the foreign media maintain constant surveillance of events and report the same to the rest of the world. What these media choose to report and how they decide to present it is believed to have far-reaching implications on how such events or issues are perceived. Therefore, this research was aimed at investigating how the emergence of IPOB and its agitation was represented in the foreign media. Through content analysis, the study evaluated the coverage of IPOB in four foreign media outfits between the period of 2015 to 2017.The study found that IPOB had significant level of coverage in the foreign media especially in BBC and the dominant frame within which the foreign media represented IPOB was that of a secessionist or separatist group. The study therefore recommends that political groups and movements should endeavour to watch the way they engage the media, especially foreign media in order to ensure that the image such media are presenting of them is typical of the image they want to project to a global audience.
Volume:
Vol. 1. August, 2024
Year of Publication:
2025

Editorial Team

Editor-in-Chief

Prof. Michael O. Ukonu

Deputy Editor-in-Chief

Dr Blessing Chinweobo-Onuoha

Associate Editors

Prof. L.I. Anorue

Prof. J. Wogu

Prof. G. Ezeah

Prof. C.C. Okpoko

Review

Dr Chidiebere Nwachukwu

Dr Ozioma Nwokedi

Dr Victor Nwogbo

Dr Belinda Anyakoha

Dr Uchenna Eze

Dr Ike Ugbor

Secretary

Dr Stephen Ogbodoh

Design Editor

Dr Ike Elike

Business Manager

Dr Martin Ezugwu

Editorial Consultants

Prof. Nnanyelugo Okoro, Department of Mass Communication, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State

Professor Sunny Udezeh, Department of Mass Communication, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu, Enugu State

Professor Ezekiel Asemah, Vice Chancellor’s Office, Glorious Vision University, Benin, Edo State

Professor Jude Terna Kur, Department of Information Science and Media Studies, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State

Prof. Rotimi Williams Olatunji, School of Communications, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos State

Prof Walter Ihejirika  

Dr. Chukwujekwu Charles Onwuka Department of Sociology, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam Campus. Email: cc.onwuka@coou.edu.ng
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