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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misrepresented and maligned at the hands of journalists who tend to stereotype them and frame them interms of outdated perceptions.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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