COVERAGE OF LOCAL NEWSPAPERS’ ON CHILD RIGHTS MATTERS
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COVERAGE OF LOCAL NEWSPAPERS’ ON CHILD RIGHTS MATTERS
INTRODUCTION
This study examined local newspapers’ coverage of child rights issues in Akwa Ibom State. The study’s specific objectives are to: determine the frequency of coverage of child rights issues by local newspapers in Akwa Ibom; determine the prominence of child rights stories published by select local newspapers; determine the depth of child rights issues published in select local newspapers; and determine the direction of child rights stories published in local newspapers in Akwa Ibom State.
The study used the content analysis research approach, which is based on Agenda-Setting Theory and the Social Responsibility Theory of Communication. The study included 182 editions of The Pioneer, The Informer, and The Nigerian Pulse newspapers published between July and December 2017.
Straight news items, features, editorials, and opinions were all used as analysis units. The study’s findings are as follows: there was a high frequency of coverage given to child rights matters in Akwa Ibom State by local newspapers;
child rights stories were published more on the inside and pages of the local newspapers in Akwa Ibom State; there is shallow depth in the report of child rights matters by local newspapers in Akwa Ibom State; most media reports of child rights were neutral/unfavourable, and the aspect of child rights covered the most was one re
Based on the study’s findings, the researcher suggested that local newspaper editorial boards try to include more child rights stories on the cover and back pages of their publications, as these are the first pages people look at when they pick up a newspaper.
Chapter one
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background for the Study
Every human being living wherever in the world has some intrinsic rights. The majority of these rights are bestowed upon them by their mothers as soon as they are born. These rights are commonly referred to as human rights, and they are not to be trampled on or violated except in circumstances when the individual has exceeded the boundaries of freedom that these rights enable him/her.
According to UNICEF (2007), human rights are inherent and universal rights that apply to all people regardless of geography or other variables such as ethnicity, religion, country, or gender. They continue to set limitations for what human rights are or should be. Thus, it writes:
Human rights are fundamental criteria that everyone must adhere to in order to live with dignity. All people have equal, universal, and inalienable human rights. Human rights are inalienable: you cannot lose them any more than you can stop being human.
Human rights are inseparable: you cannot be denied a right because it is less important or unnecessary. Human rights are interdependent: each human right is part of a larger framework.
For example, your ability to engage in your government is directly affected by your right to express yourself, receive an education, and even access basic requirements of life (UNICEF, 2007, p. 8).
The preceding excerpt from a United Nations publication emphasises the importance of human rights around the world. It makes no difference if the individual is a youngster (boy/girl) or an adult (man/woman).
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