ABSTRACT

This study investigates the foreign media coverage of Nigeria's 2019 general election through a content analysis of news stories (n = 135) obtained from 10 international news sources. This study aims to evaluate the dominant frames that emerged in the coverage of the election as well as the tones used by the international news sources in the coverage of Nigeria's 2019 general election. Empirical evidence reveals that the political system frame, human interest/people frame, and violence frame are the major frames that emerged from the international news sources. We also found that the tone of the international media coverage of Nigeria's 2019 general election was neutral, although the sum of news stories reported in a negative and critical manner was also relatively noticeable, especially by the American news sources. Overall, we conclude that the foreign media coverage and framing of Nigeria's 2019 general election were relatively neutral, hence maintaining the time-honoured fundamental values of journalism and election coverage—balance and fairness.

摘要

本研究通过对新闻报道的内容分析来调查外国媒体对尼日利亚2019年大选的报道（n = 135）来自10个国际新闻来源。这项研究旨在评估选举报道中出现的主导框架，以及国际新闻来源在2019年尼日利亚大选报道中使用的语调。经验证据表明，政治制度框架，人类利益/人民框架和暴力框架是国际新闻来源中出现的主要框架。我们还发现，国际媒体对尼日利亚2019年大选的报道态度是中立的，尽管以负面和批评的方式报道的新闻报道总数也相对引人注目，特别是在美国新闻来源中。总体而言，我们得出的结论是，外国媒体对尼日利亚2019年大选的报道和框架相对中立，