Domestic violence against women is a critical issue, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. This study examines how domestic violence against women was framed in select Nigerian newspapers during the lockdown. The research aims to understand the frequency of reporting, types of reports used, the nature of domestic violence, and framing patterns in the newspapers. The study used content analysis to analyze 459 newspaper editions from April 2020 to August'> Domestic violence against women is a critical issue, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. This study examines how domestic violence against women was framed in select Nigerian newspapers during the lockdown. The research aims to understand the frequency of reporting, types of reports used, the nature of domestic violence, and framing patterns in the newspapers. The study used content analysis to analyze 459 newspaper editions from April 2020 to August'> Newspaper Framing Of Domestic Violence Against Women During The COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown

 

Newspaper Framing of Domestic Violence against Women during the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown


Keyword : COVID-19 pandemic, domestic violence, newspaper framing, Nigerian women.


Author(s) : Medinat Kanabe & Samuel Okere

Abstract :   

Domestic violence against women is a critical issue, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. This study examines how domestic violence against women was framed in select Nigerian newspapers during the lockdown. The research aims to understand the frequency of reporting, types of reports used, the nature of domestic violence, and framing patterns in the newspapers. The study used content analysis to analyze 459 newspaper editions from April 2020 to August 2020. A total of 98 stories on domestic violence against women were published within the period under study. Cochran’s formula was used to calculate the sample used for the survey. The instrument used was a coding sheet to generate data on the manifest contents of the reports in the selected newspapers. The Cronbach’s Alpha reliability value for the construct ranged from 0.7 to 0.95. Findings show that The Punch Newspapers had the highest number of stories, with 53.1%, 62.2% of the stories were written in news format, 60% of the stories were placed in the inside pages of the paper and 58.8% of photos were used representing the highest number of frames.

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