Coverage of Women’s Agricultural Activities in Nigerian Daily Newspapers

This study investigated the coverage and direction of women's agricultural activities in Nigerian daily newspapers between 1970 and 1990. In order to attain the research objectives, 6408 editions 10 daily newspapers were randomly selected for the 21-year period. These newspaper editions were co...

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Main Authors: O P Fawole, T A Olowu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria 2015-03-01
Series:Journal of Agricultural Extension
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Online Access:https://journal.aesonnigeria.org/index.php/jae/article/view/307
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description This study investigated the coverage and direction of women's agricultural activities in Nigerian daily newspapers between 1970 and 1990. In order to attain the research objectives, 6408 editions 10 daily newspapers were randomly selected for the 21-year period. These newspaper editions were content analysedfor types of women activities reportedandprominence anddirection of the reportedactivities. The results indicate that there has been a steady increase in the number of women's agricultural activities reportedin Nigerian dailies. While the amount of space allocated to women’s activities is small, the reports are favourable but not prominently located.
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spelling doaj.art-3ef10e4ef18b43b3bce7a230ecb944162022-12-22T03:54:55ZengAgricultural Extension Society of NigeriaJournal of Agricultural Extension1119-944X2408-68512015-03-011Coverage of Women’s Agricultural Activities in Nigerian Daily NewspapersO P Fawole0T A OlowuDepartment of Agricultural Extension University of Ibadan IbadanThis study investigated the coverage and direction of women's agricultural activities in Nigerian daily newspapers between 1970 and 1990. In order to attain the research objectives, 6408 editions 10 daily newspapers were randomly selected for the 21-year period. These newspaper editions were content analysedfor types of women activities reportedandprominence anddirection of the reportedactivities. The results indicate that there has been a steady increase in the number of women's agricultural activities reportedin Nigerian dailies. While the amount of space allocated to women’s activities is small, the reports are favourable but not prominently located.https://journal.aesonnigeria.org/index.php/jae/article/view/307CoveragewomenAgricultural activitiesNigerian Daily newspaper
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Coverage of Women’s Agricultural Activities in Nigerian Daily Newspapers
Journal of Agricultural Extension
Coverage
women
Agricultural activities
Nigerian Daily newspaper
title Coverage of Women’s Agricultural Activities in Nigerian Daily Newspapers
title_full Coverage of Women’s Agricultural Activities in Nigerian Daily Newspapers
title_fullStr Coverage of Women’s Agricultural Activities in Nigerian Daily Newspapers
title_full_unstemmed Coverage of Women’s Agricultural Activities in Nigerian Daily Newspapers
title_short Coverage of Women’s Agricultural Activities in Nigerian Daily Newspapers
title_sort coverage of womena€™s agricultural activities in nigerian daily newspapers
topic Coverage
women
Agricultural activities
Nigerian Daily newspaper
url https://journal.aesonnigeria.org/index.php/jae/article/view/307
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