TY  -  JOUR
AU  -  Bartholomew Terfa Dansoho
AU  -  Sunday Isuwa
AU  -  Abubakar Mohammed Babale
PY  -  2023/08/01
Y2  -  2023/09/12
TI  -  Disaster Risk Reduction and Reportage of the 2022 Flood by Online Nigerian Newspapers  
JF  -  Nasarawa Journal Of Multimedia And Communication Studies
JA  -  NJOMACS
VL  -  5
IS  -  1
SE  -  
DO  -  
UR  -  https://www.njomacs.com/paper/disaster-risk-reduction-and-reportage-of-the-2022-flood-by-online-nigerian-newspapers
SP  -  193–203
AB  -  The study, Disaster Risk Reduction and Reportage of the 2022 Flood by Online Nigerian Newspapers assessed the extent to which Leadership, The Punch, and Vanguard reported the 2022 flood disaster in Nigeria. Anchored in the framing theory and the psychometric paradigm, the study applied the mixed research methods through the use of content analysis and the structured interview. Findings from the study demonstrated that the frequency of the 2022 flood risk reportage by the Nigerian newspapers was less as it is indicated by The Punch with 196 (28.7%) news reports, Leadership with 174 (25.5%) except for Vanguard with an average reportage of 313 (45.8%). Findings also showed that the newspapers performed least at disaster risk reduction which is the pre-disaster stage with 174(25.55%) news reports, 196 (28.7%)) for post-flood, but with more attention to the flood reportage during its occurrence with 313 (45.8%). It was found that the audience has a moderate level of perception of the risks of the flood reported in the newspapers with 14 (40%), 11(31.4%) audience's members having a low level of perception, 5(14%) having a high level of flood risks. It could be concluded that the newspapers appeared to renege on their disaster risk reduction role by paying minimal attention to pre-flood reporting which enhances risk mitigation and prevention. The study recommended, among other things, that Nigerian newspapers should give more attention to reportage at the pre-flood stage to enhance risk mitigation and prevention.
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