Framing of President Bola Tinubu’s One-Year Leadership administration in selected Nigerian Newspapers

Abstract

This study examined the framing of President Bola Tinubu’s one year leadership administration in selected Nigerian newspapers. The study was anchored on framing theory. The content analysis research method was utilised. Two newspapers; The Nation and Vanguard newspapers were used. The study discovered that the framing of President Bola Tinubu’s one year leadership
administration in selected Nigerian newspapers was dominated by straight news stories and photographs. It was also found that the majority of the stories on President Bola Tinubu’s one year leadership administration in selected Nigerian newspapers were reported in a positive direction. This study concludes that the most dominantly used frame in the coverage of President Bola Tinubu’s one year leadership administration in Nigeria is persuasive, while the least frame is the indifference frame. The researchers recommended that newspapers should strive to report political stories in a more detailed manner, using feature format. The feature format will enable Nigerians to know what the President has achieved so far and other activities in the presidency.