A Content Analysis of Newspapers’ Coverage of Human Trafficking in Nigeria

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Josephine Osatohanmwen Adeyeye
Josephine Osatohanmwen Adeyeye
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Chamberlain Chinsom Egbulefu
Chamberlain Chinsom Egbulefu
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Trafficking in human beings has become a universal problem that affects every single nation. This have become an issue of concern for many international and national organizations, government and interest groups with political, social and economic consequences. Despite the increasing body of research on the coverage of human trafficking by the media, there is paucity of study on how human trafficking stories are covered within the Nigerian context. The objectives, therefore, are to: find out the frequency of newspaper coverage given to human trafficking stories by the selected newspapers; the prominence accorded to the reports on human trafficking; the patterns of coverage used to sensitize the society about the ills of human trafficking; identify the dominant form of human trafficking. Two national newspapers and one regional newspaper (Vanguard, The Guardian, and the Nigerian Observer) are purposively selected and analyzed using content analysis. The period under study spanned September 1, 2016 to August 31, 2017, with a sample of 180 selected using composite week sampling procedure. The code sheet form the research instruments used for the study.

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Josephine Osatohanmwen Adeyeye. 2026. \u201cA Content Analysis of Newspapers’ Coverage of Human Trafficking in Nigeria\u201d. Global Journal of Human-Social Science - A: Arts & Humanities GJHSS-A Volume 22 (GJHSS Volume 22 Issue A4): .

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Detailed analysis of newspapers' reporting on human trafficking in Nigeria.
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Trafficking in human beings has become a universal problem that affects every single nation. This have become an issue of concern for many international and national organizations, government and interest groups with political, social and economic consequences. Despite the increasing body of research on the coverage of human trafficking by the media, there is paucity of study on how human trafficking stories are covered within the Nigerian context. The objectives, therefore, are to: find out the frequency of newspaper coverage given to human trafficking stories by the selected newspapers; the prominence accorded to the reports on human trafficking; the patterns of coverage used to sensitize the society about the ills of human trafficking; identify the dominant form of human trafficking. Two national newspapers and one regional newspaper (Vanguard, The Guardian, and the Nigerian Observer) are purposively selected and analyzed using content analysis. The period under study spanned September 1, 2016 to August 31, 2017, with a sample of 180 selected using composite week sampling procedure. The code sheet form the research instruments used for the study.

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