ANALYSIS OF DAILY TRUST AND LEADERSHIP NEWS COVERAGE ON COMMUNAL CRISIS IN CROSS RIVER STATE (CRS)
Abstract
This study was Analysis of Daily Trust and Leadership News Coverage on Communal
er heightened by inter-group suspicion and
corrupt leadership at almost Every strata of the society. The major objective of this study
was to determine the frequency of communal crisis stories published in the selected Nigerian
newspapers, to ascertain the prominence given to communal crisis stories in the selected
Nigerian newspapers and to ascertain the types (genre) of the reports (news, features and
editorial) on communal crisis across the newspapers. To achieve this content categories for
this study were drawn from the research questions. Relevant literature and empirical
studies related to the study were reviewed as the work was anchored on agenda setting
theory.Systematic sampling was used in selecting days of Daily Trust and Leadership
News coverage on communal crisis in CRS. Major findings reveal that he pattern of
reporting crises, conflicts and its management by the Cross-River press since the
nationalistic days seems to be continuing. This is clearly shown in the press handling
of the crises that engulfed in some local government in Cross River State. This kind of
perception or to some extent truth against the press cannot encourage the use of the
media as a means of conflict management and resolution. Rather, it has potential to
turn the media into a sectional media with its attendant difficulties in managing
conflicts of national magnitude. Recommendations were made which suggest that the
Cross-River State journalists should engage in more affirmative reporting. They should give
journalism a proper perspective, focusing on the right issues in the society. It is not just
enough for the developing nations to cry that they were not adequately covered by the
international press. They should scrutinize any news that come from the international media
before publication and Nigerian newspapers should improve their coverage of communal
crisis in Cross River with a view to accommodating victims of the crisis.
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