E-Political Socialization, the Press and Politics

MEDIA, TERRORISM REPORTING AND LESSONS IN AWARENESS SUSTENANCE: the Nigerian newspapers’ coverage of the Chibok girls’ abduction

“…Notwithstanding the strategies often adopted by terrorists to mobilize legitimacy and public support, the international community has denounced their activities, as their victims are often innocent citizens with no connections to their grievances (Cohen-Almagor, 2006;Mogensen, 2008). The end of the hegemonic struggle between the Western and Eastern powers created some consensus in the international arena that strengthened counterterrorism efforts and paved the way for the restoration of the international principles of legitimacy and order (Farnen, 2014). The denouncement of terrorism by the international community is encapsulated in the various conventions and resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) respectively (Institute for Economics and Peace, 2016;Minnella, 2019).…”

“…This is a departure from the practice of terrorists in the pre-digital technology era when the media effectively kept the gates of information dissemination. According to Farnen (2014),…”