A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE TIDE AND THE PUNCH NEWSPAPERS NEWS PRESENTATION 1 Amadi, Richard Nlemanya and 2 Chibunna, Egwele Godstime, 2 Department of Mass Communication, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, Port Harcourt, 2 Port 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 a...
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