CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ON LITERATURE REVIEW ON WOMEN LIBERATION STEREOTYPED COVERAGE AND REPORTING IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF THE NATION AND VANGUARD NEWSPAPERS
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY,
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1 SUMMARY
The women is historically
misrepresented and maligned at the hands of journalists who tend to stereotype
them and frame them interms of outdated perceptions. Prevalent in this case is
women liberation issues which have projected women in a negative degrading
manner. This explanatory study which looked at newspaper coverage of women
liberation stereotype coverage and reportage in Nigeria: a content analysis of
two national newspapers; The Vanguard, and the Nation revealed that Nigeria
newspaper covers women liberation issues in Nigeria, though the subject matter
did not received much coverage. Also, the study indicated that interpretations
given on women liberation issues in Nigeria is low except for nation newspaper
that provided little interpretation to the issue.
Furthermore, it was discovered that
all the stories on women liberation were hidden in the inside pages of the two
newspapers studied. Not one single story made the front or the back pages of
the newspapers studied. It was also indicated that the Nation newspaper had the
highest number of publication on the subject matter within the 6 months studied
period while the Vanguard newspaper had the lowest number of stories on the
subject matter.
Finally, the study revealed that the
root cause of women liberation stereotyping in Nigeria is marginalization as
the researcher tends to believe that women education will add impetus to the
struggle of being in the forefront of power like their men counterparts.
5.2 CONCLUSION
Women are a peculiar breed of human
beings. They form a gender group sometimes referred to as the weaker vessels.
This appellation is predicted on the character attributes and physical
endowments that women have in contrast to their male counterparts. These
attributes which in most cases are fewer than those of the male that mark them
out as to be given special attention and consideration in most cases. Conclusively,
the Nigerian press should act as the beacon of light for the sustenance of
freedom, direction of for the populace especially the women and as the
protector of the innocence so that peace will return to Nigeria especially with
similes in the faces of the women.
5.3 RECOMMENDATIONS
For effective coverage of women
liberation issues in Nigeria, the following steps should be followed by the
press:
1. Newspapers
in Nigeria should show more commitment and importance to the women liberation
issues in Nigeria since such issues are seen as important based on media
attachments, emphasis should be placed on women liberation in Nigeria through
frequency of reportage and interpretations.
2. Newspapers
in the country should give more coverage to the causes, effects and protection
of women in Nigeria.
3. Newspapers
in the country should ensure that they give favourable, and prominence to women
liberation issues in Nigeria.
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