NIGERIAN MEDIA AND MAJOR ACTIVITIES COVERED IN 2015

Abstract

This study is concerned with finding out the major national and international activities covered by the Nigerian media in 2015, as well as ascertains any link between the national and international activities thereof. The study adopts Secondary Analysis (SA) and the Content Analysis (CA) methods, while the agenda setting theory provides the framework. Findings show that security and terrorism tops the list of major activities covered by the Nigerian media in 2015, but politics and corruption are closed linked and covered as well. Indeed, the 2015 Nigerian general elections were hugely covered by the Nigerian media and tend to be connected to every aspect of Nigerian society. All activities covered by the Nigerian media had a links to international activities except infrastructure and transportation. The study recommends among others that policy makers and politicians may befit from taking cautious approach towards the security of lives and property as this aspects are a serious contemporary problem, not in Nigeria, but beyond. Also, the media in Nigerian must endeavour to set agenda that drives home the Nigerian project, even as a synergy between local and international activities remains important.