Topic:
Influence of media ownership on televised coverage of the ENDSARS protests in Nigeria
ENDSARS became a thing of concern in Nigeria and the diaspora after the emergence on social media a video in which a police officer belonging to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) a unit of the Nigerian Police Force, shot a young man in Ughelli, Delta State, pushed his body out of the car and drove off with the dead mans Lexus SUV. The protest demanded the disbandment of SARS for numerous infractions and abuse of power by members of the unit including harassment, torture, inhuman and degrading treatment, and extra-judicial killings of their victims. The protest participants were largely youths and young adults who decried the harassments, assaults, and killings by the members of the dreaded SARS and the Nigeria Police in general. The peaceful protest which drew its strength and coordination from social media was widely covered by the media in Nigeria.
It was intriguing to see how the media in Nigeria reported the protest and this was no doubt a reflection of the different ownership structure of the media in Nigeria. It is pertinent to note that the use of media as intricated in this paper refers to only broadcast media and is limited strictly to Television Continental (TVC), Lagos Television (LTV), Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Channels Television, Arise Television, Silverbird Television, Africa Independent Television (AIT). The ownership structure of these media ranges from private, political, state, and federal government ownerships.
The major objective of this paper is to determine whether, how, why and to what extent the media ownership structure in Nigeria affected the coverage and broadcast of the ENDSARS peaceful protest which later deteriorated into a civil unrest. This paper will do an comparative analysis of the coverage by the media with different ownership structures.
The paper will adopt a mix method of research (triangulation) – quantitative and qualitative methods. It will involve the administration of surveys on participants the content analysis of the media coverage and broadcasts of the EARSARS protest.
It would be impossible to study the entire Nigeria and beyond where these media broadcasts are received hence the need to limit the scope of the study to some parts of Lagos and Abuja.
NOTE:
This topic will help examine the ownership of the selected media organization and how it affected their coverage of the protests. However, you will need to think about how to unpack and measure coverage in the study
The article should contain these below and this order:
Abstract, Introduction, Research Objectives and Research Questions, Literature Review, Theoretical Framework, Methodology, Findings, Discussion, Conclusion., References, Appendix.
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