Coverage of Women’s Agricultural Activities in Nigerian Daily Newspapers
Keywords:
Coverage, women, Agricultural activities, Nigerian Daily newspaperAbstract
This study investigated the coverage and direction of women's agricultural activities in Nigerian daily newspapers between 1970 and 1990. In order to attain the research objectives, 6408 editions 10 daily newspapers were randomly selected for the 21-year period. These newspaper editions were content analysedfor types of women activities reportedandprominenceanddirection of the reportedactivities. The results indicate that there has been a steady increase in the number of women's agricultural activities reportedin Nigerian dailies. While the amount of space allocated to women’s activities is small, the reports are favourable but not prominently located.References
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Fett, H. John, (1972), Content and situational relevance of agricultural news in Brazilian Papers, Journalism Quarterly. Vol. 49, No. 3, (Autum, 1972), 505-11.
Khan, W. Abdul, (1976), Functional relevance of localized and central farm broadcasts in India Communication and Rural Change, Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Centre. 1976.
Moemeka, A. Andicw, (1990, The mass media communication and rural dwellers: Towards the effective use of development messages', in Lai Oso and Lanre Adebayo (eds.) Communication and Rural Development in Nigeria, Newspaper proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN), 1993. Lagos, Nigeria.
Olowu, Terry A., (1990), Reportage of agricultural news in Nigerian newspapers, Journalism Quarterly. Vol. 67. No. 1. pp. 195-200.
Okagbue, Million, (1905), 'T ho impact ol women In tho print media, paper picounted at national Seminar on Nigerian Women and National Development, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Ibadan 20-21st June, 1985.
Park, R. E. (1969). The Newspaper in Mass Communication. Hasting House Publishers, New York.
UNECA/FAO (1974), The Changing and Contemporary Role of Women in African Development Rome, 1975.
Wainwright, David (1972), Journalism Made Simple, W. H. Allen and Co. Ltd., London.
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Fawole, O. P., & Olowu, T. A. (2015). Coverage of Women’s Agricultural Activities in Nigerian Daily Newspapers. Journal of Agricultural Extension, 1. Retrieved from https://journal.aesonnigeria.org/index.php/jae/article/view/307
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