Research Methods and Limitations
In undertaking its research, this paper used mainly secondary sources in the form of books, academic journals and non-governmental reports. This choice was dictated not only by the qualitative nature of the project but also by the substantive lack of primary sources available. Indeed, a large majority of the attempts to create databases about Boko Haram violence in Nigeria have been based on information produced by the central government, international organisations operating in the region and journalists. However, such information is rather scant and fragmented, making it hard to prove its reliability and validity. Indeed, journalists have been largely targeted by Boko Haram, which means that accurate reporting
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More specifically, state failure denotes a lack of administrative capacity and political will in Abuja – the capital city of Nigeria – that are reflected in the economic breakdown, social fragmentation along ethnic lines and a general lack of security throughout the country. According to Jonathan Hill, what ‘failure’ practically means is that the state is dysfunctional and cannot perform two key functions: first, it does not hold direct control over all of its territory; second, it is not able to provide its citizens with security, basic services (such as healthcare and education), and other essential public goods . As pointed out by James Forest, nepotism, tribalism, and patronage play a key role in determining how the government is ruled and power and wealth distributed . This is because, as in many other African countries, holding positions of power means having access to natural resources and national wealth. Indeed, Nigeria has abundant raw materials (mainly oil, natural gas and coal) but their allocation is problematic to say the least . The uneven distribution of resources eventually reflects into socio-economic inequality and the high level of structural violence: lack of infrastructure, almost no basic services, high levels of unemployment, income disparities, no social security, poor medical services, and minimal opportunities for young people in a country where half of the population is under-19 . The chronic inclination of the political class and national elites to abuse their roles is regarded as a major manifestation of state failure. In fact, corruption permeates the main legislative, judiciary and security institutions, thus ensuring that the phenomenon remains unpunished . As the central government has
An autobiography, of which Ishmael Beah unwillingly becomes a child solider due to a civil war that has arisen in Sierra Leone. Before the attacks had happen, Ishmael and his elder brother Junior had gone from home to perform Rap in Mattru Jong with their friends. Not long after their arrival, news of the rebels had come to their attention having raided their home town and no sign of their families being unscarred from the warfare. Ishmael, and his group of friends sought out to travel to each village seeking out their family. However trouble comes across due to the majority of RUF rebel attacks were caused by children around their age, many villagers had no trust for these kids.
In the essay, “A History of Violence”, the author Segun Akinsanya reveals information about his childhood explaining his troublesome life. He goes into detail on how he contributed to the downfall throughout his youth years. Segun was influenced by many factors that caused the negative outcome throughout his childhood, such as, the negative contributions from family, the instability of his child and teenage years, and his own struggle to find his identity of self-worth. Segun’s family played an immense part, they contributed to the negative actions throughout his life, he honestly didn’t have any family support or stability.
Introduction On October 1st 1960 , British rule over Nigeria as a colony ended, as well as most of its official structure. Nigerian leaders were left with the task of taking up the leadership of the Nigerian people from the British with a promise of democratic rule; however within fifteen years after independence various institutions experienced great changes bringing great instability and uncertainty to the newly founded government. Northern and Southern regions of Nigeria both felt the impacts in education, politics, religion and ethnically. This causes one to wonder what the British Imperialistic government did differently, and why the difference between the Southern and Northern region became so evident in the fifteen years after independence.
Of course, we need coverage, but reporters should use caution when reporting because releasing unconfirmed reports can re-traumatize survivors and make innocent people become
“There were 372 mass shootings in the U.S. in 2015, killing 475 and wounding 1870” BBC News reports. According to the statistic, mass shootings are happening everyday and even every minute an hour. Mass shooting is a huge public concern. Therefore, when a shooting occurs, media would often report the shooting with bloody detail, surprised statistics, and influential old shooting. Moreover, the media are the biggest fear mongers which create public panic to the society by using various methods.
(Wikipedia, 2014). Corruption in
Whether it’s just trying to get the information out there or trying to prevent these situations, news reporters make society uneasy because of the information they are putting out into the world
III. A theory in the work is that political and economic structures failed to provide enough decent opportunities and support to the whole economy. IV. The Author does not present any original research, does use sources to come to conclusions on poverty. The author doesn’t mention the methodology used.
Journalists should not be allowed in war zones because it puts them in harm’s way, distracts soldiers, journalist many not have the interest of the public at heart, and the uncensored information they collect and relay can be
“Military men would always overthrow one another, because they could, because they were all power drunk” (24) illustrates the internal governmental struggle in Nigeria during this book and a result of the “bloody coups of the sixties” (24). Nigeria is industrialized due to colonization of the British (Hurst) and is shown to be true as Papa owns a factory and newspaper branch known as “the Standard” (24). The industrialization of Nigeria is a direct effect from the colonization of Africa during the majority of the twentieth century. The colonization and the independence of Nigeria from Britain in 1960 led to an “ethnic tension in
In order for journalist to have or report on Good stories they must present multiple viewpoints and perspectives and they must examine the religion. 5 ethical principles of journalism, that are important for religion reporting is Human rights, Defence of the public’s right to information, Respect for truth and accuracy of information, Respect for universal values and diversity of cultures, Avoid self-interest. The News reporters that reported on the Paris Terrorist Attack did not infringe on the public’s right to know about the attack If the reporters or the journalists from these two news sites were religiously and culturally trained they would have used the concept of Religious Journalism which reports on information that rarely surfaces in secular press like for example, what was the reason behind ISIS Attack Paris? These types of journalists would look at both
It is necessary to aware how harmful those terrorists are against the journalist, if they are succeeding or not .Also the journalists should avoid from that or they will be killed. If we look rest of the world they have a freedom of speech, but it is not that safe. My point was to tell the world-wide the negative impact that freedom of speech has. If I conclude, what I meant was freedom of speech should be limited, because anything can happen and can cause a lot of effects to the person.
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the positive and negative impacts of colonialism. Key words: - Colonialism, Religion, Culture, Civilization, Conflict INTRODUCTION Things Fall Apart was published in 1958 just two years before Nigeria’s independence from the British’s rule in 1960. Achebe, who was born in 1930, had experienced colonialism in his country. The novel depicts the pre-colonial and early colonial Nigerian society.
Social media was developed to link people to the world and is an effortlessly convenient method for communication. Due to this, people are able to get in touch with just about anyone from all over the world and it no doubt has an incredible amount of influence on our lives. However, not all of it may be positive. Almost everyone is aware of how social media impacts us on a micro scale, but what about the influence it has on a macro level? Interestingly enough, it has taken a tremendous toll on politics.
Low productivity and 7. Endemic corruption, greed. Given the Nigeria’s socio economic and political disposition Globalization presented more challenges for the country for it lacks what is needed to be relevant and deal with it untill the nation can achieve a certain measure of good governance, modest economic