Open AccessJournalism in COVID-19 Web: Assessing the Gains, Pains, and Perils of Nigerian Journalists in Coronavirus Containment
Author(s) -
Chijioke Odii,
Kelechi Johnmary Ani,
Victor Ojakorotu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of intellectual disability diagnosis and treatment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.206
H-Index - 6
ISSN - 2292-2598
DOI - 10.6000/2292-2598.2021.09.02.8
Subject(s) - journalism , personal protective equipment , pandemic , covid-19 , containment (computer programming) , public relations , data collection , descriptive research , political science , business , sociology , medicine , advertising , social science , disease , computer science , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , programming language
The study evaluated the effect of COVID-19 and the containment measures on Nigerian journalists and journalism practice in Nigeria. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design, with a questionnaire and personal interviews as instruments for data collection. A total of 362 copies of the questionnaire were correctly completed and returned by the respondents, and 25 editors and management staff of selected media organizations in Nigeria were interviewed for the study. The study's findings indicated that Nigerian journalists were actively involved in COVID-19 containment efforts in the country and that COVID-19 containment measures negatively affected journalists' performance and journalism practice in Nigeria. It is recommended, among others, that Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) should be provided for a journalist covering the pandemic, and journalists' fundamental human rights should be respected in COVID-19 containment efforts.