Online newspapers reporting of homeland politics to diasporic nigerians during the 2011 Nigerian presidential election: a perspective from Malaysia

Online newspapers reporting of homeland politics to diasporic nigerians during the 2011 Nigerian presidential election: a perspective from Malaysia

This study presented what Nigerian newspapers on the Web beamed to Nigerian foreign resident citizens during the 2011 Nigerian presidential election. Premised on the importance of diaspora to homeland political development and the centrality of the web media to the migrants in today's globaliz...

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Main Authors: Mustapha, Lambe Kayode, Wok, Saodah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Bank 2014
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H61.8 Communication of information
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/44629/
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/44629/1/ON9_NEWSPAPERS_SCAN_%281%29.pdf
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spelling iium-446292018-01-03T08:12:14Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/44629/ Online newspapers reporting of homeland politics to diasporic nigerians during the 2011 Nigerian presidential election: a perspective from Malaysia Mustapha, Lambe Kayode Wok, Saodah H61.8 Communication of information This study presented what Nigerian newspapers on the Web beamed to Nigerian foreign resident citizens during the 2011 Nigerian presidential election. Premised on the importance of diaspora to homeland political development and the centrality of the web media to the migrants in today's globalized world, the paper explored how homeland online newspapers connected the diaspora with Nigerian political transition. By content analyzing three major Nigerian online newspapers, the Daily Trust, the Punch, and the Vanguard, the paper concentrated on the supply side of information to Nigerians in diaspora, thus inundating them with what to think and how to think about the election and the candidates. Beyond presenting the key issues and candidates' attributes covered in the online newspapers (the predictor variable in agenda-setting study) during the presidential election, this study found that Nigerian online newspapers prioritized election issues and candidates' attributes differently for the main contenders in the election. The paper thus challenged the Nigerian media to consider their diasporic audience in their news production and distribution, particularly in the light of increasing agitations for direct political participation among Nigerians in diaspora. The World Bank 2014-12-31 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/44629/1/ON9_NEWSPAPERS_SCAN_%281%29.pdf Mustapha, Lambe Kayode and Wok, Saodah (2014) Online newspapers reporting of homeland politics to diasporic nigerians during the 2011 Nigerian presidential election: a perspective from Malaysia. Journal of Multimedia Technology & Communication Studies, 2 (1). pp. 124-145. ISSN 1596-7077 http://jmtcs.unilag.edu.ng/index
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Online newspapers reporting of homeland politics to diasporic nigerians during the 2011 Nigerian presidential election: a perspective from Malaysia
description This study presented what Nigerian newspapers on the Web beamed to Nigerian foreign resident citizens during the 2011 Nigerian presidential election. Premised on the importance of diaspora to homeland political development and the centrality of the web media to the migrants in today's globalized world, the paper explored how homeland online newspapers connected the diaspora with Nigerian political transition. By content analyzing three major Nigerian online newspapers, the Daily Trust, the Punch, and the Vanguard, the paper concentrated on the supply side of information to Nigerians in diaspora, thus inundating them with what to think and how to think about the election and the candidates. Beyond presenting the key issues and candidates' attributes covered in the online newspapers (the predictor variable in agenda-setting study) during the presidential election, this study found that Nigerian online newspapers prioritized election issues and candidates' attributes differently for the main contenders in the election. The paper thus challenged the Nigerian media to consider their diasporic audience in their news production and distribution, particularly in the light of increasing agitations for direct political participation among Nigerians in diaspora.
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author Mustapha, Lambe Kayode
Wok, Saodah
author_facet Mustapha, Lambe Kayode
Wok, Saodah
author_sort Mustapha, Lambe Kayode
title Online newspapers reporting of homeland politics to diasporic nigerians during the 2011 Nigerian presidential election: a perspective from Malaysia
title_short Online newspapers reporting of homeland politics to diasporic nigerians during the 2011 Nigerian presidential election: a perspective from Malaysia
title_full Online newspapers reporting of homeland politics to diasporic nigerians during the 2011 Nigerian presidential election: a perspective from Malaysia
title_fullStr Online newspapers reporting of homeland politics to diasporic nigerians during the 2011 Nigerian presidential election: a perspective from Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Online newspapers reporting of homeland politics to diasporic nigerians during the 2011 Nigerian presidential election: a perspective from Malaysia
title_sort online newspapers reporting of homeland politics to diasporic nigerians during the 2011 nigerian presidential election: a perspective from malaysia
publisher The World Bank
publishDate 2014
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/44629/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/44629/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/44629/1/ON9_NEWSPAPERS_SCAN_%281%29.pdf
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