THE ROLE OF PRINT MEDIA IN THE PREVENTION OF HIV/AIDS EPIDEMICS IN NIGERIA (THE CASE STUDY OF PUNCH AND GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER)
Abstract
Th e objectives of the study among others were to find out the
extent of coverage given to The HIV/AIDS issue in the
Nigerian print media and to synthesize based on the foregoing
the overall disposition of the Nigerian press towards the
HIV/AID S issue. The procedure entailed an analysis of the
manifest content of three national newspaper and two national
magazine s - The Guardian, Vanguard and Punch newspapers
an d Tell and Newswatch magazines. The papers and magazines ,,1(1
wer e purposely selected based on their nationwide spread. >-\
Th e data revealed great uniformity in the pattern of coverage
given to the HIV/AIDS issue by the newspapers and magazines
studied. This uniformity no doubt centered around inadequate
coverage of the HIV/AIDs issue. A summation of this data
revealed that the Nigerian journalistic practice does not in
anywa y fall within the ambits of development journalism.
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