Nigerian newspaper headlines on Covid-19: a reflection of government and citizens’ perception and attitude

Anyanwu, Chukwuma; Okpevra, Uwomano Benjamin; Imiti, Aghogho Lucky

doi:10.1080/23311983.2022.2046361

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“…To curtail the spread of the Covid-19 virus, government of various nations and states enforced the restriction of "stay at home." Schools were closed, travels banned, hotels, restaurants, theatres and live performance venues shut for over a period of time and are still to suffer in the near future (Anyanwu et al, 2022;Chatzichristodoulou et al, 2022a). Apropos of the pandemic, "every aspect of our social life, from work to entertainment, moved online (Chatzichristodoulou et al, 2022a).…”

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Nigerian theatre in a digital era and environment

Imiti

2022

Int J Arts Humanit

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Theatre, the earliest form of entertainment and enlightenment in Nigeria, is becoming a ghost of itself as a result of its inability to take on the colouration of the times. Some scholars are of the view that there should be a revival of the theatre by establishing more theatre while it remains bonded to its functional root, the live stage, because of its uniqueness. This study examined the likelihood of this renaissance and its survival in the face of the deluge of other media of entertainment in a digitally advanced era and environment. The study relied on the Media Displacement Theory, MDT, which explains a paradigm shift in an individual's use of new media by discarding the preceding one. Using in-depth interviews and Focus Group Discussions, FGD, the study revealed that live theatre-going culture has become unpopular with the Nigerian audience as a result of digital technology and sundry circumstances in recent times, which include insecurity and the COVID-19 outbreak that negates public gathering. The paper advanced that Nigerian theatre cannot afford to remain glued to its roots in a technologically digitalised environment or society, but has to evolve.

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Nigerian theatre in a digital era and environment

Imiti

2022

Int J Arts Humanit

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“…Other studies done in Nigeria and other parts of the world reported varying degrees of compliance with COVID-19 preventive measures. 35,[40][41][42][43][44][45] A study done in Nigeria reported 80.8% practice of hand hygiene, 54.5% and 55% practice physical distancing and avoidance of crowds, respectively. 43 Other studies reported the following: Northcentral part of Nigeria (hand washing/hygiene, 96.4%; social distancing, 92.7%), Malaysia (hand hygiene, 87.8%; social distancing/avoiding crowds, 83.4%), China (avoiding crowds, 96.4%), and the Philippines (hand washing, 89.9%; avoiding crowded places, 62.9%; and keeping a distance from people, 65.9%).…”

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“…35,[40][41][42][43] The low practice of physical distancing could be due to the nonchalant attitude of many Nigerians to COVID-19. [43][44][45] The participants' overall practice of COVID-19 preventive measures was 43.1%. This is lower than that reported by a study done in Nigeria through social media that reported 67% of practice among their participants.…”

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Knowledge of COVID-19, the practice of preventive measures, and their predictors among the residents of an LGA in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

Soroye¹,

Ameh²,

Imarhiagbe³

et al. 2023

Magna Sci. Adv. Res. Rev.

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Background: Knowledge is said to determine a behavioral change as well as the practice of good health. Was the knowledge of COVID-19 able to bring about positive behavioral changes and practices among the populace? This study assessed the knowledge of COVID-19, the practice of preventive measures as well as their predictors. Methodology: Self-administered questionnaires were used to collect data on knowledge of COVID-19 and the practice of WHO COVID-19 preventive measures. Data were analyzed using IBM Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25. Categorical data were analyzed and reported as means, standard deviation, and frequency. Binary logistic regression was done to determine predictors. Results: Nine out of ten participants knew that a virus caused COVID-19 and that it could be transmitted by close contact; however, 3% felt it was a spiritual attack. Most participants knew COVID-19 is transmittable through talking (83.2%), coughing (95%), sneezing (93.2%), and directly through contaminated surfaces. Over 80% knew the most common symptoms of fever, cough, and fatigue. One-third of participants knew a change or loss of taste and smell are less severe symptoms and that the inability to speak or complete a sentence is a severe symptom. Though, 7 out of 10 participants knew all the preventive measures for COVID-19, a third was not practicing physical distancing. Age group, education, tribe, and religion were predictors of COVID-19 knowledge and that of practice was age group. Conclusion: Though many participants had good knowledge of COVID-19, etiology, transmission, and prevention, the knowledge about common symptoms and the severity of associated symptoms was poor. Their knowledge did not translate to practice because only 4 out of 10 practiced preventive measures.

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“…The study concluded that texts and images in the memes combine with the prevailing sociopolitical and religious contexts in Nigeria to evoke pragmatic practs of warning, admonition, information, mockery, criticism, condemnation, and rebuke among others. Furthermore, Anyanwu (2022), through content analysis, examined the headlines and front-page news of two prominent Nigerian newspapers to measure their coverage of the coronavirus outbreak in Nigeria and government and citizens' perception against what obtained elsewhere. Their findings revealed that both newspapers effectively covered the outbreak.…”

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Visuality, Language and Communication in Covid-19 Nigerian Social Media Images

Maledo

Ativie²

2022

IRHS

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Covid-19 is one of the most disturbing infections that has rattled the world in recent history. This flu affected nearly all the countries of the world with different degrees of medical, scientific, social and scholarly attentions. The humanities are not left out from the perspective of language and communication during the pandemic. In the light of the above, this paper undertakes a multimodal semiotic analysis of Covid-19 memes in the Nigerian context with a view to showing how the visual and language complement each other in communicating aspects of Nigerian socio-political realities during the pandemic. Among the images circulated through the Whatsapp medium, ten were selected for this study and Kress and van Leeuween’s (2006) multimodal theory was adopted as our theoretical framework. The findings revealed that language and visual images effectively complement each other as viewers are made to gain easy and quick access to the messages being communicated with a visual understanding of the realities on ground.KEYWORDS: covid-19 pandemic, multimodality, language, semiotics, memes, communication

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Nigerian newspaper headlines on Covid-19: a reflection of government and citizens’ perception and attitude

Cited by 5 publications

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Nigerian theatre in a digital era and environment

Nigerian theatre in a digital era and environment

Knowledge of COVID-19, the practice of preventive measures, and their predictors among the residents of an LGA in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

Visuality, Language and Communication in Covid-19 Nigerian Social Media Images

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