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Title
"Landet mellem bomber og champagne" En undersøgelse af udvalgte danske dagblades dækning af Nigeria i 2015 |
Full text
http://rudar.ruc.dk/handle/1800/28018 |
Date
2016 |
Author(s)
Nellemann, Kristian Lindhardt; Hansen, Eskil Meinhardt; Højmark-Jensen, Gustav; Greve, Casper Lindbjerg; Sørensen, Camilla |
Contributor(s)
Ørsten, Mark |
Abstract
This study sets out to explore selected Danish newspapers' foreign news coverage of Nigeria, the largest economy and most populated country in Africa, in 2015 ' to clarify whether or not foreign news reporting in Denmark today is different from what Johan Galtung and Mari Holmboe Ruge criticised when they raised their general concerns in 1965. By collecting and thoroughly examining an entire year's news coverage of Nigeria in Politiken, Berlingske, Kristeligt Dagblad, Information and Jyllands-Posten, this study uncovers what made it onto the newspapers' agendas and how the stories were framed. The study thereby inspects both the first and second level of 'agenda setting', as coined by Maxwell McCombs, through careful analysis of the complete sample data. Throughout the analysis the study employs several methodological features, combining the quantitative and qualitative data. The methodology will include the influential work on 'framing' by Robert M. Entman and apply several key terminological points by Galtung and Ruge. By combining theory from Galtung and Ruge's widely acclaimed but also seasoned observations from 1965 with later studies of Danish foreign news coverage of the African continent by Lars Kabel, this study seeks to determine whether selected Danish print media is still affected by old habits of stereotyping and neglecting news from African countries ' in this case, Nigeria ' or if a new wave of 'culture sensitive' foreign news coverage is gaining ground. The results of the quantitative analysis revealed multiple areas of concern according to Galtung and Ruge along with Lars Kabel: 68% of all news articles were framed negatively and 50% percent of the stories were merely recycled telegrams from Reuters and other international news agencies. Furthermore, articles covering war, terror and conflict heavily outweighed any other subject and took up 73% of the comprised articles. Together these factors construct a negative image of Nigeria. Indubitably, one newspaper stood out from the rest. Kristeligt Dagblad showed promise in regards to Galtung and Ruge and Lars Kabel's suggestions for better foreign news coverage by including more non-elite sources and applying more positive and nuanced angles to their pieces than any of their peers. Although a few journalists managed to live up to many of Galtung and Ruge and Lars Kabel's directions, their work drowned in the vast majority of negatively and stereotypically framed articles. In conclusion, the narrative of Nigeria that came to the surface was one of danger, helplessness and conflict. The selected newspapers generally displayed Nigeria ' a complex and important nation on the world stage ' as a country on the edge of the world, inhabited solely by people who either have bad things to offer or are the victims of disruption, chaos and turmoil. |
Subject(s)
Nigeria; Udenrigsjournalistik; Afrika; Danske medier; Framing; Entman; Galtung & Ruge; Lars Kabel; Agenda setting; Politiken; Berlingske; Kristeligt Dagblad; Information; Jyllands-Posten; #dkpol; #dkmedier |
Language
da_DK |
Type of publication
Thesis; Journalistik / Journalism - not master thesis |
Repository
Roskilde - Roskilde University Digital Archive (RUDAR)
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