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An Analysis of Newspapers’ Coverage of Hate Speech in Nigeria

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This chapter examines The Punch and The Guardian newspapers’ coverage of hate speech issues in Nigeria. The objectives are to examine the source(s) of stories reported in The Punch and The Guardian online/offline editions on hate speech issues and to determine which section of the newspapers featured stories on hate speech. The chapter uses content analysis to examine the extent to which The Punch and The Guardian newspapers cover hate speeches in Nigeria. It uses purposive sampling to analyse online/offline editions from January to June 2018. The chapter is anchored on the argumentativeness, aggressiveness and verbal assertiveness theory as well as gate-keeping theory. The focus is important for engaging with digital deliberative democracy in an African context.

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    Sunday Ogbonna & Achike C. Okafo

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Ogbonna, S., Okafo, A.C. (2020). An Analysis of Newspapers’ Coverage of Hate Speech in Nigeria. In: Ndlela, M., Mano, W. (eds) Social Media and Elections in Africa, Volume 2. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32682-1_11

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