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A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE TIDE AND THE PUNCH NEWSPAPERS NEWS PRESENTATION

A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE TIDE AND THE PUNCH NEWSPAPERS NEWS PRESENTATION

1Amadi, Richard Nlemanya and 2Chibunna, Egwele Godstime,
2Department of Mass Communication, Rivers State
University of Science and Technology, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo,
Port Harcourt, 2Port Harcourt Based Public Affairs Analyst and
Media Consultant
Email: richnleamadione@yahoo.com, barongodstime@gmail.com

ABSTRACT
The typology of media ownership in Nigeria has orchestrated competition between government and privately owned newspapers as they both strive to achieve maximum efficiency in the discharge of the journalistic functions. Unarguably, ownership is one of the major problems facing the media in Nigeria, be it private or government. This study, however, investigated two prominent newspapers – The Tide and The Punch with a view to examine how of ownership pattern has influenced news coverage and presentation    using the genre of news accorded prominence by the newspapers as yardstick. The content analysis method of research was adopted. Sample was derived from multi-stage sampling technique. A total of 28 daily publications of the two newspapers were
content analyzed following a pool of sample from the newspapers published in the month of October, 2016. Findings showed that media ownership influences news coverage and presentation and that newspaper organisation hasten towards the coverage and reportage of negative news stories. It is recommended among others that the contents should be relevant, balanced and interest arousing without injecting the interest of their owners and that the Nigerian press should also promote the third world media philosophy of development journalism rather than latching towards the reportage of negative news stories that paint’s the Nigerian society in bad light.
Keywords:    Orchestrated, media ownership, reportage, contents, coverage, newspaper, presentation, comparative etc

INTRODUCTION
Communication is elemental to human existence; no human association can cohere without communication. As one cannot but communicate, for even the most sublime acts of restraint or withdrawals are loud messages conveying readable meaning to the receiver (Brown &Udomisor, 2015).

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