DISSECTING ANATOMY OF PARLIAMENTARY NEWS REPORTING
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DISSECTING ANATOMY OF PARLIAMENTARY NEWS REPORTING
Chapter one
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background for the Study
News writing and reporting are common features of both print and electronic media. To be noteworthy, an occurrence must meet specific requirements, which include prominence, proximity, peculiarity, magnitude, the involvement of a personality, and so on.
Reporting public affairs topics, which in this study is defined as reporting on government persons and institutions, is an essential area of coverage for journalists (You & Sanjev, 2005).
Except for community newspapers and radio/television, provincial and national newspapers mostly cover government and its institutions.
This is why most of Nigeria’s publications use government operations as lead stories on their front pages, magazines, and even radio and television stations.
In truth, the press outsmarts itself when it comes to public affairs coverage. However, while covering such news, the major criteria to evaluate should be what are known as news determinants or news values (Wei & Yi, 2010).
Communication is utilised in all civilizations to transfer information from one individual to another, as well as between and among groups. However, the manner of communication varies with the degree of development of such a civilization.
In other words, a society’s manufacturing stage determines the intricacy of its communication (Wei, 2005). According to Peil (1976), communication in pre-industrial societies was simple, straightforward, and largely face-to-face.
He goes on to say that in such civilizations, the town announcer was frequently utilised to relay information from one individual or group to another. Face-to-face communication became less efficient and constrictive as cultures grew increasingly urbanised and industrialised.
As a result of the growing need to reach more people, newspapers, radio, and television have evolved into more effective modes of mass communication. Television is one of the media that can transmit information practically instantly.
This is due to its ability to blend auditory and visual effects, as well as its speed in reaching out to the audience (Ajia 1986; Lasode 1994). Unlike the print media, which was founded at the initiative of Nigerian citizens and used to express dissatisfaction with the colonial government, the colonial government established the first broadcast medium, the Nigerian Broadcasting Service (NBS), to facilitate its control over the country.
NBS was founded in 1932 as a re-diffusion station. According to Ake (2011), Toyo (1983), Alubo (1990), and Madunagu (1989), Nigerian society is deeply divided in terms of property and wealth. It is also a society with significant power disparities as a result of these divisions.
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