FRAMING POLICE BRUTALITY: A STUDY OF NEWSPAPER COVERAGE IN NIGERIA
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16902279Keywords:
Newspapers, Police brutality, Mass media, Journalism, ReportageAbstract
The study examines Newspaper reportage of Police brutality in Nigeria. It adopted descriptive research design with the entire editions of the National publications of Punch and Nigerian Tribune newspapers from January 1st to September 30th, 2020. The publication content where analyzed with the aid of coding sheets. Findings from the study revealed that the Punch and Tribune newspapers frequently reported police brutality during the period of study. The study concludes that extrajudicial killings was the most common theme for police brutality reportage followed by harassment. The study recommends that newspapers should often report stories of the police brutality on the front pages in order to gain much attention
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